She opened the email from the school district to read the notice that her order for his high school graduation cap and gown had been confirmed. It wasn’t even Christmas, not even Thanksgiving, let alone June, a whole eight months off. A long ways off. And just like that tears welled up in her eyes […]
To Ponder
Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities (TACID)
For a couple of years my friend Chuck Heller, a fellow member of the Rotary Club of Tacoma kept asking me to join him with the efforts to support the organization of TACID. It looked like it was an interesting group, a number of Rotary members were involved, but they met at the same time […]
Letter: How Many ‘e’s Are In Tennessee?
She calls them mountains; he calls them hills. She is “five-foot-and-a-bit” and he is a ‘sight’ taller necessitating she stand on an overturned bucket. She’s been all over the country; he doesn’t know where Tennessee is, let alone how to spell it. Hence the puzzle she sent which his granddaughter put together while he watched […]
Wright Park – A Haven in Any Kind of Weather
Wright Park is a wonderful place to spend time in the downtown area of Tacoma. It doesn’t matter what the weather is – there is always something to see. The 27-acre Park has so much to offer the visitor. There are more than 600 native and exotic trees in the park, some of whom change […]
Gramps On Cue
As the weather changed and his grandson and his grandson’s buddies stopped playing baseball, Gramps decided to take more interest in the latest happenings of life around him. He started taking walks. He enjoyed the weather no matter what and the houses, but soon he lost interest. He rarely saw people and when he did […]
Letter: When You Wish for Love
I almost stepped on them. Exiting my truck, having parked at the curb, I gathered up my computer, checked again to be sure my keys were in my pocket, I locked up and turned to head toward the coffee shop across the street. But right there, at my feet, in the grass median between the […]
Letter: Lakewood-Where Developers Win, and Residents Chip In
As we see box apartments going up around Lakewood, and 800 more people potentially moving onto the Barnes and Noble property, I thought The Suburban Times readers would be interested to know that Lakewood has been laser-focused on giving developers the highest possible profits. This came up at a recent City Council hearing. The council […]
Let’s Talk! – Forgiving and Forgetting
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s my take on it. What a concept! It is not entirely Biblical, by the way – I looked it up. Just the concept of forgiving is. “Just.” To me, the most superhuman prayer […]
Letter: It’s So Good to Be Home
She watched him from afar. From a long, long way away, day after day, week after week, month after month, she watched him. She watched him struggle up the mountains. Mile after often tortuous mile as he wandered, she wondered at his purpose. She saw the pain in his eyes. She saw him often stop, […]