Author Denise Frisino has been spending most of her life in and around her native Seattle area. For over six decades she has been working as an actress, writer, director, producer, and teacher. Her first novel, “Whiskey Cove”, a murder mystery set during Prohibition in Washington’s San Juan Islands, was published in 2012; the story […]
To Ponder
Pizza Napoletana – Pizza on Wheels Review
About ten years ago Peg and I booked a room in downtown Seattle. We had heard about the resident restaurant with New Orleans French-style cooking. On a Friday evening the place was already packed. We took seats at the counter where a busy cook was preparing pizza with fresh dough and veggies, meats and cheese. […]
Letter: So Far Away
She’s been gone four months ago today. And today, again, I’ll water the flowers. Because it has been so dry for so long. As I change the spray nozzle on the hose from the ‘Shower’ selection to ‘Mist’ so as not to damage the delicate blossoms, I will then kneel in the wet grass bordering […]
Across the Fence: Fest
Summer – no season lends itself for fests like this. Fest is actually an English Germanism. And the German word Fest (the noun, not the adjective with an entirely different meaning) is actually a borrowed word from Latin festum. How is that?! Well, remember Roman emperor Julius Cesar and all that? He had his military […]
Letter to Tacoma Rescue Mission
Submitted by Claudia Finseth, Parkland, Washington. Dear Duke [Paulson, Tacoma Rescue Mission], How will you write your story? My name is Claudia Finseth and I live in Parkland. This last week I have been trying to endure the preparations for the air show, which is today. I have had a close formation of fighter jets […]
Letter: Pebbles in the Sand
We celebrated our 48th Wedding Anniversary in cancer treatment. Hand in hand. Battling together. We would lose. We reached our Golden Anniversary though, surrounded by friends and family there at the lake. It was a beautiful day, not unlike the one later, walking with my granddaughter on that same shoreline. As I sat on the […]
Exceptional People
I was reading the other day about a person who seemed exceptional, probably because there was an article about her in my Alma Mater publication. She had lost her mom and dad in an auto accident when she was 11, yet went on to become a college professor and mentor to many students. I believe […]
In the Book Nook with … Kit and Drew Coons
Authors Kit and Drew Coons retired from careers as humorous speakers on strengthening and maintaining relationships. Since2020, they have been living in Port Orchard, Washington. The Coonses have written non-fiction for decades, have been published in twelve periodicals, and had a million readers in 2021. They completed their first novel, “Challenge for Two,” in 2018 […]
Letter: The Beauty of Simple Things
Anymore, since she’s been gone, it’s the simple things, the God-reminder things, which bring tears even while smiling. It is the very last bit of whipped cream sprayed on coffee that takes the shape of a heart even as my own heart melts. It is the most delicate of all flowers – “Inspire your home […]