Our country has long needed easy and affordable access to health care. RotaCare Tacoma provided free medical care for persons with chronic serious diseases on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University. We had a close relationship with the PLU School of Nursing, so this was a really good fit. Our home at PLU offered easy […]
Vet Clinic, Feb ’21
•Tax resources for military members, veterans and their familieshttps://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-resources-for-military-members-veterans-and-their-families •During season of giving, Red Cross urges blood donationhttps://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82335/season-giving-red-cross-urges-blood-donation/ •VA awards adaptive sports grants for Veteranshttps://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5531 •Bridging the Digital Divide Fact Sheethttps://connectedcare.va.gov/sites/default/files/telehealth-digital-divide-fact-sheet.pdf •Fix your military records: Give yourself the future you have earnedhttps://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2021/01/29/fix-your-military-records-give-yourself-the-future-you-have-earned/ •Veterans share how they quit smokinghttps://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/82050/veterans-share-quit-smoking/ •VA Life Insurance: Here for you at […]
Letter: Fear, Dragons And Courage
Fear is a dragon. For many it takes shape as public speaking, snakes, spiders and mysterious sounds, and for others the imagined actions of gargoyles and dragons. Confronting that dragon takes courage. Dr. Calvin Rooney knew something about this. A fictional character in Clive Cussler’s 1986 best-selling novel, “Cyclops,” the good doctor is on a […]
I Found a Treasure at St Vinnies for Only Eight Bucks
I grew up playing with and making model cars and airplanes. They all met their demise when I got my Red Ryder BB Gun . . . well, the gun and fire crackers. Model cars still attract me. I have a Ford Cobra that sits on my desk taunting me. It knows that even if […]
Across the Fence: A Magic Number
Carnival is over, Lent arrived with Ash Wednesday this week. People are giving up on habits – to probably take them up again after 40 days –, or they take on specific tasks – to give them up again after 40 days. But what is it with these 40 days? Of course, it has to […]
Coffee Chat and Change the World on Feb. 22
At the end of each Zoom Coffee Chat (and Change The World) session, participants vote on what should come next. At the last Coffee on February 8, 83% of the attendees voted that while crafts were good, and food was nice, what they really wanted was ideas for places to go and things to do – […]
Please Stand By – Film Review
Wendy Welcott is a twenty-year-old woman with autism, a creative talent for writing, and a passion for the TV show Star Trek. She is like the motto of the U.S. Postal Service “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” She knows […]
Altha’s Louisiana Cajun coming to Puyallup
When Altha’s Louisiana Cajun Seasonings & Spices expands to downtown Puyallup sometime this spring, visitors will find a one-stop shop for everything a home cook needs to make a dinner straight from the bayou. Cajun seasonings, roux base, seafood boil ingredients, Crystal sauce, alligator meat, boudin, Andouille sausage, crawfish-stuffed chicken, cleaned crawfish tails, shrimp, po’ […]
Helen and My Black History Story
In grade school I can only remember one Black member of my classes. Her name was Virginia and we always stood next to each other for our class photo. We were the tallest in our classes. She was a bad reader, so I had no interest in her. Since February is Black History Month, I’ve […]