THEME #1 – VOLUNTEERING: On January 13, 2020, Ben Sclair, published a Food Bank article in our community paper, The Suburban Times, titled, Volunteer Drivers Urgently Needed. While I have no time to volunteer, I decided to make time because becoming a volunteer Food Bank driver would be a perfect behind-the-scenes way for me to help hungry people. During my […]
Social Distancing Smooth Sailing – Lakewood Playhouse is Cruising Along with Stranded
How would you like an hour and 15 minutes of free local entertainment? Lakewood Playhouse has it for you to enjoy. Theaters always need funding. Local ticket prices are extremely modest for live entertainment. Although theaters have many volunteers, they also have paid staff who do the behind the scene tasks that keep the theater […]
Vet Clinic; Apr20
New resources for military veterans. As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitalshttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/03/19/as-virus-spreads-va-gets-set-to-back-up-taxed-us-hospitals/ “Pay for Success” helps Veterans with PTSD find and keep meaningful jobshttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/71991/pay-success-program-helps-veterans-ptsd-find-keep-meaningful-jobs/ Creative writing program helps Veterans with PTSDhttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/72589/creative-writing-program-helps-veterans-ptsd/ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is helping Veterans with chronic painhttps://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/72297/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-helping-veterans-chronic-pain/ What a combat veteran taught me about handling stresshttps://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/01/09/what-a-combat-veteran-taught-me-about-handling-stress/ VFW […]
Across the Fence: More than a Cathedral
The other day, on Easter Sunday, while I was sitting at home instead of in church listening to a service, I found myself reflecting which church in my life had featured as most important. Was it the one I went to Sunday school and was a shepherd kid in a nativity play? Was it the […]
Rock and Rule (1983) – Film Review
Rock and Rule is a film that I’ve noticed out of the corner of my eye for years now, but I never got around to watching it until recently. It looked like a movie after my own heart, with some fluid and trippy animation, an awesome rock and roll soundtrack, and an adult tone that […]
Susanne Bacon Invites You to Wycliff Again
Forget the present, lean back in your favorite armchair, and escape into the cozy world of Wycliff, a quaint Victorian small-town on the shores of South Puget Sound, somewhere between Olympia and Seattle. Forget that it’s springtime – get your mind ready for Christmas. And dive into an exceptional situation – Wycliff is snowed in! […]
Westside Story – 30 Years of Disagreement
On April 19, 2020, Tillicum’s David Anderson published a letter titled Letter: Is coronavirus a reason for cannabis home delivery? In case you missed David’s letter, click my link, which provides background information helpful to readers before devouring the remainder of my writing below. The other day I could not help replying to Mr. Anderson’s […]
Letter: The Mayor is right, the Governor is wrong
KIRO 7 News Staff reported late afternoon April 20 that Lakewood’s mayor “admits he’s responsible for an online social media post criticizing enforcement of Washington’s statewide coronavirus shutdown and blaming Gov. Jay Inslee.” Good for Mayor Anderson. While apparently the entirety of Anderson’s claims cannot be considered as accurate, his charges alleging heavy-handedness – let […]
Pierce County Judge Helen Whitener Appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court
On April 13th Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Judge G. Helen Whitener to the Washington State Supreme Court. As a Pierce County Superior Court Judge, Judge Whitener was active locally, nationally and internationally in various community service activities. With a strong commitment to justice and equality for all people, and a unique perspective […]