‘Yet’ is such a lovely little word although, typically, the context is one of turmoil. The “Are We There Yet?” nursery rhyme, for example, takes the incessant and insistent backseat question of the impatient traveling companions and turns groans into games: “Let’s play a game. Look at where we are. Won’t you look with me? And tell […]
To Ponder
Two spirited live productions coming the first weekend in March
Shake off some of the 2023 winter cold with Rock of Ages and Much Ado About Nothing . . . They both open this coming weekend. In Tacoma and the Rest of Pierce County – Get ready to rock out as Tacoma Little Theatre and The University of Washington-Tacoma Theatre Department present the hit musical […]
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Review
Before the play began we were warned that the first act would run an hour and a half, with a fifteen minute intermission followed by a second act of an hour. We had great seats in the middle of the middle row, but before the production began we changed our seats to the final row […]
Letter: Hospice Care, Home and the Path Ahead
There’s a vista far above Enchanted Valley (also known as “The Valley of 10,000 Waterfalls”). It is one of the more difficult (to put it mildly) to reach. But after ascending those 2,000 feet of elevation, do you know what you can see from there? Everything. You can see far below where you’ve come from, […]
Islands in the Sun – Vashon
I’ve been to McNeil Island a number of times when it was a penitentiary (as a guest). Peg and I have been to the Hawaiian Islands to videotape the first hockey game ever there, and then with friends on Maui for fun and games. We’ve been to Fox Island occasionally, but the island we see […]
Letter: Clover Park School Board Legislative Representative and Board: Missing in action!
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Director Anthony Veliz was first elected as the Board’s Legislative Representative on 13 December 2021 and re-elected 12 December 2022 by Directors Pearson, Jacobs and Veliz, with Directors Anderson and Wagemann opposed. To date Director Veliz and the Board have failed to address legislative matters since the beginning of the 2023/2024 […]
Letter: Tacoma Homeless Encampment Burns
The response time, from Tacoma Fire Dept. (TFD), was quite fast on Thursday, February 16 as they responded to a fire at a Metro Park in downtown Tacoma, across from the Courthouse. Within minutes there were 4 engines and 5 aid vehicles on scene. As quick as they arrived, they extinguished a fire, which scorched […]
Review of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at Book-It Theatre
Written by Don and Peggy Doman, and Lavinia Hart. Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle. Adapted by Danielle Mohlman. Some people consider The Murder of Roger Ackroyd as the best crime novel in history. Most theatre-goers, upon attending the premiere adaptation of the novel, will consider it the […]
Letter: The End of the Journey
If the sun hadn’t risen, I would not have seen them. If I’d not been so tired, pausing to catch my breath at the end of this early morning run, bent over with hands on my knees, I would not have happened to glance sideways and discover their beauty clinging momentarily to the dried stalks. […]