I had seen Mr. Baxter at work before . . . well it wasn’t really “at work”. It was after school and he was showing the kids how to play a little baseball. The kids were having a great time and Mr. Baxter looked happy and content even when a student or two did something […]
To Ponder
Letter: After the Storm
“There is peculiar terror in a tempest at sea, when…the raging sea echoes to the angry sky,” reads an excerpt from “The Treasury of David” concerning Psalm 29. “There is no sight more alarming than the flash of lightning around the mast of the ship, and no sound more calculated to inspire reverent awe than […]
Letter: Save our Seniors
Submitted by Lori Ramsdell. Recently the city of Tacoma had articles published regarding their plan to close the Beacon and Lighthouse and Beacon Senior Centers on December 31st. They painted a rosy picture. The truth is, any decision to close these two centers will be extremely detrimental to the Senior Citizens that utilize these centers […]
Letter: Lakewood: Where citizens pout, and often sit things out
This is a letter to me. When I use strong language in this letter, it’s subconsciously addressed to me. However, it would be very weird to write a letter to myself in The Suburban Times. So I’m going to address this letter to all my fellow citizens of Lakewood. It’s up to any individual if […]
Letter: Extended Road Construction on Hipkins Rd Raises Concerns for Lakewood Business
Submitted by Sam Ahn. I own the Lucky Food Store on Hipkins Rd, and for the past 14 months, my life has been a constant question: When will this end? When the city told us the construction would start on September 2023 and wrap up by early 2024 (as even see on the road improvements […]
Suki and the Fall of Halloween
With a large bag of candies for giveaways Suki started her reversal of direction and headed for home. She left her two sisters in charge of the store. It wasn’t so much about Halloween as it was about the air, the wind, the leaves, the sun and moon and the glee. Suki got back home […]
Letter: The Daisies Knew the Answer
He’d asked her before. In fact, over and over again. ‘Would she marry him?’ Her answer was always the same. But that didn’t dissuade him at all. He would ask again. He was, after all, nothing if not persistent. Unlike the weather that afternoon that had not yet decided what it wanted to do – […]
Letter: The Daisies in the Jar by the Window
They were the last two daisies of the beautiful bouquet that he had delivered from the local florist weeks ago to her door. Some of the tips of the petals were tinged with age. Once brightly greeting the day with their happy disposition, the sprightly and perky rays extending from the paling yellowed centers were […]
Letter: Time to Come Home
She sent me a compass so I could find my way. Attached was an hourglass, a small one at that, time running quickly and irrevocably away. Time to come home. One-hundred miles I hiked solo this just completed summer. Three times I got lost. Early mornings, awake before the sun crested the mountain, I sat […]