I was a coach for 15+ years, so I often view life through those goggles. How often do we hear about coaches that get fired after having just one losing season? If you combine all of the NFL and the NBA seasons guess how many coaches, all time, had a losing season and went on […]
To Ponder
A Grandmother Cries over a Broken Heart
I met Phyllis at a coffee shop. She was crying. I could have just ignored her or I could have turned around and walked away like most people. Instead, I sat down at her table and said, “Tough day?”. She looked at me and tried to shrug off the need to have a stranger care […]
Searching for the Perfect Singer
Carlos was irritated. Traffic was bad and he was running late. He was driving up from Los Angeles. In reality, being hundreds of miles away, there was nothing he could really do about it. To be truthful he already felt like a target of stupidity as far as the Seattle night club was concerned. He […]
Let’s Talk! – Back in Black
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s my take on it. To be honest, I have heard this word combination before and you may want to laugh or cry that I didn’t even connect it with a specific AC/DC album […]
Letter: The Silver Years
“Only about 2% of older widows remarry,” she read to him from one of the studies she’d found of seniors over the age of 70 who had found a silver-haired soul mate. ‘I am one of them,’ she whispered, and smiled. He smiled back and showed her the photos he’d gathered for an article he […]
Rodney – The Wind and The Snow
Rodney, or “Hot Rod of the Slopes” as he was sometimes known as, was eager for the snow to come to western Washington. It was his time to shine. He was no longer “the” king of the slopes from the University of Washington, but there were many people, both women and men who wanted to […]
Across the Fence: Kipferl and Pfeffernuss
It’s that time of year when everything is about family traditions, and I bet that the love for specific German cookies simply made its way into the English language by way of flavor. How else would you explain that Kipferl (pronounce exactly like this) and Pfeffernuss (pronounce: ‘pfeffer-nooss) have been adopted so easily? They are […]
Letter: If Gravestones Could Talk
It was confirmed. The land now known as Kentucky had been purchased. It was March 1775. Awaiting this news, Daniel Boone and a group of 30 axmen began blazing a trail from the Anderson Blockhouse just across the line into Virginia from the Holston Settlement (Kingsport, Tennessee) through 200 miles of forested terrain to the […]
Beauty and the Beast- A Great Christmas Treasure – Currently Running
This is the type of show we love and CenterStage is the best choice for the production. Every year Peg and I can hardly wait for CenterStage and their yearly “panto.” “Pantomime, also known as “panto”, is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. . . Pantomimes take traditional stories and […]