‘Are you in a position where you can raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?’ Expert testimony in the courtroom was being handled over the phone and the black-robed judge went through the swearing-in formality as if the person on the other end of […]
Susanne Bacon Reads at the Topside Coffee Cabin
How about grabbing a cup of coffee or tea and something yummy to munch, while listening to a couple of chapters from my latest book? No, at the Topside Coffee Cabin on Wednesday, April 17, I won’t read from a Wycliff novel, but from my brand-new book “Home from Home”, which was originally published as […]
Following Dreams . . . With Spunk
Peg and I attended the annual meeting of the Tacoma Historical Society. We are not members, but we went to see Living History: “Leading Ladies Come to Life.” Karen Haas and a cast of re-enactors portrayed seven women from Tacoma’s history going back 150 years. In the hit television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, […]
Three – Two – One
Three – Two – One! They’re on the air and right now you can hear them perform their first radio play. The Lakewood Radio Players, an offshoot of Lakewood Senior Players and the revered Lakewood Playhouse, guest this month on Dorothy Wilhelm’s Swimming Upstream presented on the SOB Radio Network. (SOB stands for Spunky Old […]
A Hometown Atmosphere and Excellent Food – Restaurant Review
We walked into Joeseppi’s north end restaurant for dinner. We weren’t greeted by Joe Stortini, which felt a little strange. Maybe he finally retired, but we missed his welcome. We headed straight to the bar instead of waiting to be seated. Adam gave us a warm welcome from the kitchen area. Adam is the grandson […]
Plum Trees, Relatives, and Friendship
My mother was an identical twin. My mother was Mary Lavinia . . . sometimes Lynn, sometimes Lindy, sometimes Mary. My aunt to me was always Virginia. Lynn, Virginia, and my father all graduated from high school in Nevada, Missouri, in the same class. My dad, and my uncle Randall, another local Missouri boy, fought […]
Across the Fence: Better than Icarus
The dream of flying is as old as mankind. Greek mythology tells us about a youngster who steals his father’s wax-melded wings and actually manages to rise into the sky, but when, in his recklessness he flies too close to the sun, the wax melts and he plummets to his death. Today, we all know […]
Laura Stage Noir at Tacoma Little Theatre
The 1944 film noir classic, Laura, was based on the best selling novel by Vera Caspary. She was also involved in the movie script. Caspary was a writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories. In the film, Laura is played by Gene Tierney. Dana Andrews plays Mark, a detective who investigates her death. Gene […]
The Hub Restaurant Review
For Valentine’s Day Peg and I ordered take out from the Harmon on Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. The results were less than stunning (changes are happening there now). I wanted to make sure that The Hub (a Harmon property in the Stadium District) was maintaining their service and food standards. My wife Peg went with […]