It never occurred to me that the German term Jugendstil (pronounce: ‘you-gant-shteel, i.e. youth style) might have made it into the English language. On the other hand, I knew that Art Deco was NOT the equivalent; neither was Nouveau Art. When I was a child and teenager, one of my favorite books was a history […]
To Ponder
In the Book Nook with… Katherine Krige
Author Katherine Krige from London, Ontario, Canada, offers editing services and has been a Social Media Manager for several local small businesses when she is not writing for a living (https://katherinekrige.com/). She has always kept journals, but only published her first book in 2021. She is a member of her local Shut Up & Write […]
What the Constitution Means to Me – Live Production
Heidi Schreck’s boundary – breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning constitutional debate competitions across the United States years ago. In this hilarious, hopeful and human new play, she resurrects her teenage self to trace […]
Letter: ‘Through Together’ – Such Beautiful Words
As love stories go, what matters most is not so much how the two met but that they became inseparable. It could have been that first sight of the other across a crowded room and the ensuing bashful invitation to go out somewhere, anywhere, but then, should a romance commence, from henceforth and forever, together […]
Monique Dubose
When I was president of the Tacoma Jaycees in the early 1970s. We sponsored Big Brothers. At Christmas time, K Mart on Sixth Avenue opened up a half-hour early just for us. We gave each young boy we sponsored a five dollar bill from their Big Brothers and those of us who volunteered to watch […]
Letter: Just Like That
She opened the email from the school district to read the notice that her order for his high school graduation cap and gown had been confirmed. It wasn’t even Christmas, not even Thanksgiving, let alone June, a whole eight months off. A long ways off. And just like that tears welled up in her eyes […]
Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities (TACID)
For a couple of years my friend Chuck Heller, a fellow member of the Rotary Club of Tacoma kept asking me to join him with the efforts to support the organization of TACID. It looked like it was an interesting group, a number of Rotary members were involved, but they met at the same time […]
Letter: How Many ‘e’s Are In Tennessee?
She calls them mountains; he calls them hills. She is “five-foot-and-a-bit” and he is a ‘sight’ taller necessitating she stand on an overturned bucket. She’s been all over the country; he doesn’t know where Tennessee is, let alone how to spell it. Hence the puzzle she sent which his granddaughter put together while he watched […]
Wright Park – A Haven in Any Kind of Weather
Wright Park is a wonderful place to spend time in the downtown area of Tacoma. It doesn’t matter what the weather is – there is always something to see. The 27-acre Park has so much to offer the visitor. There are more than 600 native and exotic trees in the park, some of whom change […]