Submitted by Deryl McCarty, USAF (Retired), Puyallup (South Hill), WA. As one who provides home health care for a family member, it is incredibly frustrating to see the impact that high out-of-pocket prescription costs can have on patients – no, on all of us. It is even more frustrating to know that one of the […]
To Ponder
Advent Calendar December 19: Coziness
Are you feeling stressed out because there is still so much to do till Christmas and so little time to do it? Cut yourself some slack and make coziness part of your daily schedule. Switch off your phone, stop checking for emails or messages – these are just stress factors that don’t get anything done […]
Advent Calendar December 18: Stars
One of my favorite things to do in winter is star gazing – provided the sky is not clouded, of course. You can turn star gazing into an actual evening event. There are websites that tell you which constellations are to be seen in the night skies. Now, dress yourself warmly, get yourself a hot […]
Advent Calendar December 17: Gifting
Do you have all your Christmas presents wrapped and stowed away either in a hidden place or arranged them under your Christmas tree already? To be honest, it’s not always easy to come up with something original when a recipient “has got everything” and even starts to downsize. Yet, there is always something you can […]
Advent Calendar December 16: Crafting
Do you have a little time on your hands and don’t feel like reading or watching TV? Do something creative and start crafting! You could work on some table decoration for your Christmas dinner. Or you could come up with a new ornament for your tree or evergreen branches. You might even find that there […]
Breakfast Crunch and Other Possibilities
If you’ve ever had crunchy fried fish, then you probably know how wonderful Panko bread crumbs are . . . and what they can add to a meal. In frying up some tilapia* one night for dinner, my wife Peggy and I ran out of Panko. Looking in the cupboard I saw a bag of […]
Advent Calendar December 15: Snowflakes
Do you enjoy snow? The very first soft flakes tumbling down from the sky, dancing in all directions, becoming a whirl? Watching them from a warm room – isn’t that one of the coziest things ever? To imagine the cold and wet out there, to observe how the grass gets a thin layer of white, […]
Letter: Contented
Of the many Nativities my wife collected with which my daughter has wonderfully decorated our home for Christmas, only two place the infant in his mother’s arms. Sure, the cradle, the hay, I get it. At some point the new mom needs her rest. But when artisans design these things, they have a wonderful opportunity […]
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Very at ease, wearing a smile in a Seattle Seahawks T-shirt, Chris Serface welcomed a sold out audience to “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” He had a great delivery on three Rudolph specialty Drinks: The Bumble, The Rudolph, and the Fireball. The Rudolph, with a combination of vodka and cranberry, kept calling to me, but I […]