Many people don’t realize how old we can get in what seems to be an instant. Sometimes we age just in thinking about ourselves. Years ago, when I was young, who would have thought simply holding my head up would tire me out and send me packing to bed or perhaps just to the old […]
To Ponder
Lakewood City Council: The Untold Story of What Happens Beyond Monday Nights
The majority of the Lakewood City Council recently decided to reduce its meetings from four Mondays a month to three. This decision prompts me to reflect on my own experiences as a council member and offer a practical perspective on what it means. We should be fine with it if council members had said, “We […]
Letter: What Love Is This
A mountain where she comes from is really a hill, though the locals are pretty impressed still with their neck of the woods. So, that very chilly morning I scraped the ice from our windshield, etching a message for her in the process, and then I took her to my mountain for which she had […]
In the Book Nook with … Moira Darrell
Author Moira Darrell retired from her career as a legal secretary and a school admin secretary several years ago and now lives in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada with her husband and kitty. As a teenager, she loved writing in Composition class and wrote several poems, some of which find themselves in her books. Moira has been […]
Up for the Count
A Short Story… I can’t tell you how much The Tacoma Jaycees meant to me, my wife, our friends, and our success in the Tacoma area as well as statewide. The Tacoma Jaycees = The Tacoma Junior Chamber of Commerce. I joined the Jaycees because we had three children under the age of three. Peg […]
Candy Abuse?
Jill is one of those little girls who have mothers that don’t care about all the children. I’ve seen this before and there is nothing really that outsiders can do to help. For your own sanity you never want to get involved, but there are ways around it. If I see a sad little girl […]
The Realities of an Inner-circle
A Short Story… For once, Gary was thinking about life. He had tried out a couple of brand new hot cars that he fit right in. He was thinking and considering. His long-time partners had long called him “red” or “Red Eye.” His eyes were actually brown, but in the right light they seemed to […]
Sombracove
Submitted by Brooklyn Munguia. Salt lingered through the dark air while harsh waves crashed against the shore. There I was standing in front of mother nature’s creation in a tee pose letting the strong gusts of wind take over me. Lifting my head up high with delicately closed eyes, I took in a deep breath, […]
Letter: My Beautiful Bucket-Bride
Most call it their honeymoon. We call it ‘our bucket-moon.’ The French have a phrase ‘voyage à la façon anglaise,’ referring to that time following the wedding where newlyweds set sail to romantic and exotic destinations to celebrate love and happiness, giving rise – like a full moon – to the notion that the first month […]