I don’t know that I ever even noticed Jerry McLoughlin at Clover Park High School. We were both seniors, but he transferred in during the year. Years later, I commented to a friend that I rarely saw anyone from Clover Park and my friend said, “Well you see Jerry every Thursday at Rotary.” I just […]
Dollar Tree Sales Go Through the Ceiling
Saturday morning I leave home to purchase the Seattle Times Saturday edition and the The News Tribune Friday/Saturday edition. I can usually pick up a copy of The News Tribune for a buck at The Dollar Tree on Sixth Avenue in the Highland Hill Shopping Center, so that is my first stop. I was in […]
Best new restaurant openings of 2020 in Tacoma & Pierce County – a year in review
Never have I been happier to see a calendar flip. At the close of a year that proved brutal for local restaurants, I want to take a moment to celebrate new restaurants that expanded the local dining scene. Especially because we might need to brace for impact in 2021. The 2020 closures around Tacoma and […]
Letter: Still Hand-in-hand
The cathedral ceiling was just as beautiful as it was on the day a half-century before when – just announced as husband and wife – they had walked hand-in-hand back down the rose-petal strewn aisle. On that day, family and friends had smiled broadly, stood proudly and clapped loudly. The bride’s mother had unsuccessfully brushed […]
Across the Fence: Communicating on a Deeper Level
By profession, Stefanie Skupin from Tonasket, WA, is a veterinarian. But she doesn’t practice in the United States. Instead, she has created her own field of work – that of a communicator and facilitator. With animals and with people. Something that began way back when she started out in Cape Town, South Africa. “I have […]
20+ New Year’s Eve fancy take-out options in Tacoma & Pierce County
Staying home and skipping the big gatherings is necessary, but certainly less fun than the way we all want to celebrate the end to what has been a horrible year for most. But it will suck just a tiny bit less if you order something fancy, or something funny. Here are places around Tacoma and […]
Letter: At The End Of The Dock A Restoring Of Hope
A soul-shattering, bone-chilling, suffocating fog of grief had descended upon my world. The eerie, graveyard quiet was impenetrable. Absolutely nothing beyond the end of the dock where I had sat was observable. Except for the still water, all had been lost in the gray shroud of unfathomable sorrow. Death had not taken a Christmas holiday. […]
2020; The Year In… (long high-pitched shriek)
Two days into 2020, while everyone was planning for a better year (how could it possibly be worse, right?), of all of the options on how to handle Iran, Trump decided to point his 45 at Iran’s equivalent of Colin Powell for reasons that are still unclear; c’est la vie. But Iran just wouldn’t take […]
Coffee Chat (and save the world) Dec. 28 at 9 am
Our Coffee Chats happen every other Monday – a fast moving hour – stay on to ask questions if you have time. Guaranteed to lift your spirits.Delighted to announce that Allen Klein author of the new, delightful book, The Awe Factor, will join us for Coffee Chat (and Change the World) on Monday morning at 9:00 Pacific Time. “This landmark book will […]