Submitted by JoAnn Jackson. When I moved here, there was a large decorated cake outside the department store in the Villa Plaza, celebrating it’s seventh year of existence. I was told of the beginning and that there was a creek running under the south end of the property. Can someone tell me if it is […]
To Ponder
Letter: God Keeps a Journal, Part III
I first wrote six years ago, March 13, on the subject of God’s musings in heaven as he looks down on earth, pondering. His hand holds a quill, recently dipped in the ink well nearby, and the writing instrument is poised above the journal he keeps. Upon what is he focused? What will he enter […]
The Price of Friendship
I had just finished delivering an order to a customer making their day. It was cold, really cold, and raining with a threat of snow. The wind was strong enough to make me wobble outside of my car. Instead of turning off Highway 99 for Milton, I continued on to the Poodle Dog. Inside I […]
Let’s Talk! – Holy Socks
Are you off-screen? Ready to ponder another one of Tyrean Martinson’s prompts from her book? And my, doesn’t she throw us a fun curve ball today?! In other words: Holy socks! (Or was it holy smoke?!) My first thought – I have to admit this much – led me up a garden path. Because of […]
Reaching Out and Reaching Back to Finland
I have long been a advocate of Archaeology Magazine. It’s fun reading about how we all eventually became the animals that we are. My favorite section is entitled AROUND THE WORLD By Jason Urbanus. I like those articles because quite often they have a section on the Pacific Northwest. I think it is interesting to […]
Across the Fence: Ahnenreihe
Little did I know that the German terms Ahnenreihe (pronounce: ‘Aah-nen-rye-ah, meaning line of ancestors) or Ahnentafel (pronounce: ‘Aah-nen-tough-el, meaning chart of ancestors, aka genealogical table or family tree) made it into the English language. I always thought that any people recording their history had such terms in their own languages without borrowing from others. […]
Letter: Is There a Better Title Than ‘Dad’?
The French have a proverb: “Bonne renommee vaut mieux que ceinture doree.” Loosely translated the meaning is, “A good name is better than gold.” Is there a better name, a better title, than ‘dad’? I’m going through the arduous process of sorting through long-forgotten boxes in the basement of treasures my wife collected over […]
The Musical RENT Review at Tacoma Little Theatre
The Musical Rent is based on the Giacomo Puchinni opera, “La bohéme”, set in Parisian poverty, but now in the 1990’s. The play consists of poor musicians, aspiring entrepreneurs, actors and street performers trying to make a life in NYC’s East Village. It involves scenes of sexuality, drug use and the haunting deaths from HIV/AIDS. […]
Getting Older and Running Down
Homes and yards. They get older not from years perhaps, but more from neglect. Our best friends had a neighbor who not only neglected the exterior of their house, but the inside of the house just became what my mother would have called a “sling room.” The more things that come into a room and […]