Author Lauren Marie lives in Marysville, Washington. She retired over a year ago, after working for forty years in medical offices, hospitals and clinics as a receptionist, scheduler and transcriptionist. She started writing when she was about 12 years old. For many years, she wanted to be the female Tom Clancy or Scott Turow but […]
To Ponder
Looking for a Saxophone Player – Money might be involved
Throughout the spring, Peg and I looked forward to visiting the Safeway Shopping Plaza on North Pearl. There were two of our favorite restaurants there, the Safeway grocery store, Ace Hardware, and Key Bank. Shopping is a needful thing, but what we really enjoyed was a tenor Saxophone player providing fun tunes. We always managed […]
Across the Fence: Edelweiss
Think of one of the flowers you associate with German-speaking countries – and you might come up with Edelweiss. In German it is spelled with an “ß“, Edelweiß, but pronounced the same as in English; the name means simply “noble white”. There are other Germanic nicknames, and different languages call it different names – but […]
Letter: I’ll Find Her Among the Flowers
You would think that after 50 years married to my wonderful wife, my dearest treasure, my life-long traveling companion, I would have learned by now how to find things when I’ve lost them. “Where was the last place you used them?” is what she would say. She reminds me still, even though not five months […]
A Re-Review of The Music Man at Tacoma Musical Theatre
My wife Peg, my cousin Lavinia and I wrote an opening night review of The Music Man weeks ago at the Tacoma Musical Playhouse. We saw the first performance of the run and gave it a glowing recommendation. We also enjoyed it so much that we invited a group of friends based mostly on members […]
Letter: We Climbed the Mountain
On the higher slopes of the mountain, just below the timberline but in an alpine meadow that stretched forever, we sat in awestruck silence, the air hot and still, the white blossoms of the wildflower beargrass like signposts, pointing to mountain peaks on the far distant horizon. We had climbed here, through no little difficulty, […]
Red Letter Days for Summer in the Sun
Hard to believe we’re in the last full month of vacation My neighbor who lives upstairs is from New Mexico, land of enchantment, but low on lakes. She spends every spare minute with her two year old boy at American Lake or on the shores of Puget Sound. She can’t say enough about how wonderful […]
The Big Thank You
Submitted by Bob Warfield. Over the years from 2007, Lakewood has recognized outstanding people and service clubs for extraordinary contributions to community, most recently through the Larry Saunders Service Award, which provides a small grant to benefit a Lakewood organization. In a larger sense, we are calling attention to the greater sum of gifted endeavor […]
Yard Sales Are Much More than Just About Money
Everyone hopes they will make money at their back yard, front yard, open garage door, or simply piles of used goods on their parking strips. In reality, however, yard sales are about family, about gatherings, about friends, and about memories. Years ago on a hot August afternoon I was returning from work and anxious for […]