What a typical American concept, I thought as I read this prompt from Tyrean Martinson’s book. Marshmallows and hot cocoa. Maybe, these days, it’s something common for kids in Germany as well. In my childhood I knew marshmallows and I knew hot cocoa – but they never came together. Hot cocoa is an item of […]
To Ponder
Letter: Saying Goodbye
It is never easy – much more like gut-wrenching misery – to say goodbye to someone you love. The promise of love is like the spring sun that warms the earth where late-fall bulbs were planted. Responding from beneath the soil little green sprouts suddenly appear and excitement builds for the intricate beauty of what […]
In the Book Nook with … Becky Garrison
Author Becky Garrison from Greater Portland, Oregon, has been a professional writer since 1994 with experience in nonfiction book, magazine, and online writing. She received a dual MDiv/MSW degree from Yale Divinity School/Columbia University in 1992, a background that led her to write about the rise of secular spirituality, religious satire, and faith & politics, […]
A “Welcome Wagon” meeting at Lakewood Rotary
My longtime friend Donn Irwin contacted me about visiting Lakewood Rotary. He knew my wife Peggy and I love theatre. The reason for the invitation was because the program speaker was to be Joseph Walsh, the new Lakewood Playhouse Director. We jumped at the chance. The noon meeting was held at the Tacoma Country & […]
Letter: And I Think to Myself, What a Wonderful World
My writing desk is surrounded by joy. There’s the latest drawing by my granddaughter depicting her conception of her picture being taken by her mother, whose outstretched cell phone captures both their biggest-grin faces, and both – accurately drawn – with lots of hair. “And that’s you grandpa,” she said, pointing to the stick figure […]
Part 5, Last season in the sun
Submitted by Paul Nimmo. In the previous chapter it was noted that my son lost his Junior year of High School Baseball, but his New Level Team was very active that Summer. However, that was not the only team Ethan played on. Ethan played for Lakes High School in a summer development League. This allowed […]
Letter: The World Has Been Waiting for You – Breathing Life Into Your Story
This is about you. This is about anyone and everyone who has (and truth be told, who is there who has not?) suffered a life-shattering loss. This is about those whose heart has been broken, stepped on, crushed, and who, weeping on their knees, begin, blinded by tears, gathering up the shards of what remains. […]
Letter: Make This Moment Matter
As most of my readers know I lost my dearest treasure on all this earth to cancer just 11 months ago. I have begun the arduous task of sorting through what to keep, and what to discard, after 50 years of marriage. The collectables go to the kids. The items with still some use go […]
Lost in the Fog – A Short Story
It was early morning in Tacoma’s North end and a little foggy. I had just opened the email from the nearby Senior Center. After months of being closed while a new road linking down to Point Ruston, it was now open. They were about ready to get back to normal with Seniors: exercises, creating art, […]