The other day, on a walk around Chambers Bay Golf Course, I came past the playground and pondered with how much love it has been set up. There were quite a few kids playing there, not all of them physically distancing; but in one corner, on a swing, sat a little girl all by herself, […]
The Book Doctors to meet on February 4. No, really
The Book Doctors is a sort of Zoom Appetizer Tray of help and information for writers who are ready to become published authors in the most efficient way possible. Guest experts this month are a bestselling inspirational writer, a business strategist, and a Book Doctors regular, Susanne Bacon. Authors panel: Allen Klein – His newest […]
Mardi Gras 2021 – takeout gumbo, King cakes and crawfish boil
As Ben Marcus notes, Mardi Gras 2020 was one of the last fun things we were able to celebrate in a group setting last year. And then coronavirus happened. With pandemic restrictions still in place, Mardi Gras 2021 will be celebrated quite differently, but celebrate we will. Marcus, who longtime locals will know as one […]
Letter: What’s Going On?
According to recently released public disclosure documents, Deb Hansen, President of the Clover Park Education Association (CPEA), solicited from association’s members their signatures on a template she provided that would be sent to the Clover Park School Board in advance of their January 11, 2021 meeting. The letter – to which CPEA members could sign […]
Jump Starting Creativity – Taking Off and Soaring
Have you ever had one of days where things went from sleepy time boring to speed of light synapse. . . like the difference between driving a 1978 Ford Fiesta and stepping on the pedal and going zero to 60 in 2pointsomethingseconds in one of the new sporty Teslas? I had been bored and nearly […]
LINK: VA’s coronavirus deaths have now surpassed totals from Iraq, Afghanistan wars
MilitaryTimes reports, “The coronavirus pandemic has been deadlier for American veterans than the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars combined. “On Monday morning, Department of Veterans Affairs officials reported 6,772 patient deaths died from complications related to the virus in the last 10 months. Defense Department officials list 6,756 military casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom (which lasted more than seven years, […]
Forbidden City opens in old Lieu’s Chinese restaurant space in Parkland
Walking into Lieu’s in Parkland always was such a treat with the glitzy stuck-in-time decor that few Chinese-American restaurants still carry. Old timers will recall when the longtime Tacoma Chinese restaurant closed in 2012, but reopened in 2013. About three years later, Lieu’s closed permanently, which was heartbreaking and also was the beginning of a […]
Letter: The CPSD, Emails and Groupthink?
A Public Disclosure Request for “all emails and correspondence and board meeting minutes related to Paul Wagemann’s alleged ‘crack the whip’ comment” netted 86 emails that are carbon copies. In these mass-produced emails that supposedly find School Board Director Paul Wagemann’s “crack the whip” comment “racist and absolutely unacceptable,” there is only one difference that […]
Letter: As White As Snow
Overnight the temperatures had dropped 20 degrees, and by dawn the weather had grown in the ferocity of a minus 10 degrees blizzard. As the farmer prepared for work in the frozen landscape as seen through the frosted window of the mud room, he smiled at the recollection of the shy girl in the gingham […]