Submitted by Brooklyn Munguia. The same red stilettos cackled across the marble flooring as she ambled into the elegant space once more. The room was dim and quiet per usual, only the low murmurs from the people around her as she made her way through the bar, taking a seat in front of the stage […]
To Ponder
Getting with the Program – Entertaining Local Speakers
I love meetings at groups like Rotary and Transportation Club. I love to arrive early and chat with anyone who sits down at the table. How else can you really learn much about people? Eventually, the meeting leads to an interesting program. When I was president of the Rotary Club of Tacoma #8, I had […]
Letter: Because I Love You
One year ago today, May 24, I wrote an article entitled “Hearts On A String.” It was about my wife, who I had lost to cancer just two months previous after 50 years of marriage. That Valentine’s Day was to be our last. When her oncologist told us our journey was reaching the end, the […]
Some Pictures… Worth A Thousand Words.
I hope each of us, on Memorial Day, pause and remember the true meaning behind this solemn day.
Letter: It’s Hard to Imagine
Her eyesight shut down as she was rounding the curve, her vision returning – thankfully – nearly as quickly as it had gone and just in time to avoid the bridge abutment and save all the kids on the school bus for which she was the driver. The ophthalmologist told her she needed glasses. The […]
Old Man Johnny – A Short Story
One day I finally realized that I needed to lose some weight and get in shape. I got sick and tired of seeing people jog by my house with a big smile on their face and zero girth around their mid-sections. I decided I would walk along Ruston Way every day enjoying the beauty of […]
Let’s Talk! – A Paper Bag Lunch
What comes to YOUR mind when you are reading this week’s prompt and invitation to switch off your phones and screens to ponder? Here’s what comes to mine. First and foremost, I never had paper bag lunches until I came to live in the U.S. My mother packed me second breakfasts for kindergarten and school, […]
Letter: Kindness is Holding Hands
Every morning a husband and wife each enjoy a large cup of hot, black brew, coffee for him, tea for her. If you drive slowly enough and happen to glance in that direction, on a sunny day you’ll see them seated close together at the round table in the side yard. If it’s raining, they’ll […]
Letter: Books tell us our Issues
We’ve been taught to achieve, and sometimes, “at all costs.” We’ve been given examples of defeat, and have bought into the fact that we are not good enough. Having read “I’m OK, You’re OK”, we still have problems with being good enough. Business books tell us from titles, we have to have “High Visibility,” while […]