Author E.R. Phoenix from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, used to be a science teacher for eleven years and a fitness instructor for ten before she became a full-time writer in 2023. She began writing when she was eleven; her first book was this year in April. She is a member of a local Indie Authors […]
To Ponder
Letter: To Love, and Laugh, and Live Again
As many of my readers know by now, I have announced that I have been led by God I believe to someone in my life who has come to mean so very much to me. All my life – and there are so many, many instances of such – God has orchestrated from heaven the […]
Letter: Love Is An Art
What had begun as a crystal clear early morning with stars twinkling in the still dark sky, and as red and white bow lights flashed on the other rowing shells as they moved silently nearby on the dark surface of the water, so very quickly and with what seemed like little warning, the morning dissolved […]
New Street Woodage . . . a great sign
The Puyallup Tribal Community and the city of Tacoma will be working together creating some very interesting signs. What a great idea. I just read this information from the Puyallup Tribal Community Newsletter. “Tacoma’s City Council approved the plan during its Oct. 8 meeting. The Twulshootseed street signs will be placed under the existing green […]
Letter: It Was The Daisies That Did It
I saw him coming down the inner hallway, passing door after office door as he drew nearer. Pretty hard not to notice. To my recollection no one had brought flowers – let alone such a huge bouquet of daisies – to our medical clinic before. Wondering at the occasion, smiling as the fellow approached, I […]
The First Day of School in a New Town – The Quandary
Gerry was new at school and so had made no friends yet. It was a small school, a good twenty miles from the center of town. It was the last class of the day when fellow student Pamela spoke up to remind everyone to come over after school for some punch, cake and games to […]
Four Heroes Elementary: An Academic Struggle to Survive?
Submitted by Lakewood CARES John Arbeeny. Lakewood CARES will be providing an academically based response to schools highlighted in the Clover Park School District (CPSD) “#SuperSchoolShoutOut“ articles in The Suburban Times. This is data you will not find elsewhere in CPSD public relations pieces, School Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. This week’s CPSD “beaming […]
Beachwood Elementary: The Best of the Best! Why Not All CPSD Schools?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Lakewood CARES will be providing an academically based response to schools highlighted in the Clover Park School District (CPSD) “#SuperSchoolShoutOut“ articles in The Suburban Times. This is data you will not find elsewhere in CPSD public relations pieces, School Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. This week’s CPSD “beaming with pride” […]
Letter: Lakewood – Where Housing is Hot, and Public Input is Not
A funny thing happened on the way to incentivizing developers to put housing instead of businesses along Gravelly Lake Drive. Now the rest of the city is under consideration as well! You may recall that earlier this year, the City Council told the planning commission to re-examine the idea of incentivizing housing along Gravelly Lake […]