By Don and Peggy Doman and Lavinia Hart. Although we had written and sent out some details about the production “Every Brilliant Thing”, we really had no idea what it was about. I only knew there would be direct contact with the audience. The sole performer was Eleise Moore. She talked and laughed and welcomed […]
To Ponder
Across the Fence: Plattenbau
There are words with which a German immediately has specific associations. The German term “Plattenbau” (pronounce ‘pluttn-bow, meaning panel building) is one such word; I just hadn’t known that it made it into the English language. Plattenbau, often combined with the term “Siedlung” (pronounce ‘zea-dloong, meaning settlement), is the description of what is often considered […]
Council Member Sarah Rumbaugh on Rise of Antisemitic Incidents During Israel-Hamas Conflict
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” Over the Shabbat and Simchat Torah holiday, Hamas terrorists launched an unexpected and multi-faceted attack against Israeli towns and civilians. Thousands of rockets and dozens of incursions from land, air, and sea caused the highest Jewish civilian death toll since the Holocaust. […]
Jane Austen’s Emma Review from CenterStage
By Don and Peg Doman, and Lavinia Hart. I have watched and watched a number of Jane Austen’s six novels turned into television shows, films, and live stage productions. In EMMA we see a more pushy, determined character, compared to other Austen heroines. Instead of righting wrongs to make lives better, Emma looks at her friends […]
Tools we use
Going home after a meeting, I found myself stopping to shop. While I looked at a lot of stuff, I gravitated towards the tools — small ones. You see I have a small box of small tools that I take with me on trips and often fix small things for family and friends. Actually the […]
Indo-Asian Street Food a Perfect Present
It was Peg’s birthday and we were out for great food with some of the people we love. One of our favorite restaurants in Tacoma’s North End is Indo Asian Street Eatery, a street food world of yummy. There were seven of us: . . . Peg’s oldest friend Kathryn, our daughter Andrea and her […]
Letter: Pondering
Any more of an early morning I can be found pondering, my hands folded upon which rests my chin, as in this portrait of my father, the wisps of his whiskers forming a wreath around his seafaring-like weathered and wrinkled skin. Furrowed brow and wisdom lines, etched and crinkled, wander away across his face and […]
Letter: NLRB Sowing Seeds of Suspicion
Submitted by Deryl McCarty, (former) Small Business Owner, South Hill, Wash. In both the military and the small business space, people operate best when they have confidence in the women and men at their sides and for whom or with whom they work. Without it, suspicion, distrust, and failure run rampant. The Biden administration and […]
In the Book Nook with … Anna Schroeder
Author Anna Schroeder is from the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington State, and works as an ICU-registered nurse, specializing in neurotrauma and stroke. Currently she is working as a travel nurse in the local area, which lets her take lots of vacations with her family Anna has been creating stories since she can remember. She drew pictures […]