Submitted by Eric Chandler, Lakewood. Just to make sure everyone has an opportunity to get some details regarding this project, below are direct links to get that information: Here is how you can provide COMMENTS to the Hearing Examiner…. “The public can comment on this proposal between now and March 19, 2024. Comments can be […]
To Ponder
Letter: Just Watch, You’ll See
What a beautiful morning this is! The sun is shining, the water so blue, I’ve been in love, how ‘bout you? In just 12 days, March 19 – the first day of spring in fact – my wife of 50 years married will have been gone one year. In addition to the too-many-to-recount memories (although […]
JERSEY BOYS The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
I loved the single scaffold-style set for “JERSEY BOYS”. It allowed me to see Iris McBride hard at work and all over the place. I got my tickets from Iris, I saw her setting up three chairs in the front row for ticket holders and could see her beating the drums on tune after rock […]
Let’s Talk! – Ocean Swells
One of my favorite places is on the coast of the ocean. Any ocean. But preferably a place with a wide horizon and plenty of water to watch. There is something infinitely soothing about the swell of an ocean. Lie on your back and float, and you feel the regularity of the mechanism of waves. […]
The New Girl in School
I love my family. We’re close, and when we have friends they tend to get closer as well. I just want to share a story about my son, Ray Junior. My name is not Ray and Ray is not a real junior, but we’ll get to that soon enough. Our home has it’s family alternatives, […]
Across the Fence: Delicatessen
How many of your memories are food-related? As a foodie, I can recall flavors and fragrances in a moment – and often line them up with specific occasions of the past. Yet “Delikatessen” – the German word is actually spelled with a ‘k’ but pronounced the same as you are used to – defines not […]
Tacoma City Council Report Card
Submitted by Morgan Alexander. One way that a city council can be judged is on the output of its work. A major function of a city council’s work is creating policies that both guide the city manager and provide a vision for the city. And while it is difficult to quantify “vision”, we can quantify […]
Letter: Next Time
Only six-thirty, the old mantle clock read, but he was already tired. The half-hour chiming would, within mere minutes, stir him from his reverie. The man – his age reflected in greying temples and permanent laugh lines etched and pronounced, his eyes crinkling at the corners when he smiled – gazed up at an angle […]
Letter: Go Gently
There’s an ancient proverb that flat out states, “The blessing of the Lord makes rich and he adds no sorrow to it” (Proverbs 10:22). At face value, that’s just flat out wrong. There is no such thing as blessing without brokenness. There isn’t. Life is not a fairy tale. We don’t live this life without […]