It was a special day, so we celebrated with a fantastic fried scallop dinner. Why was the day so special? Large Sea Scallops were on sale at Fred Meyer, who frequently has super deals on seafood. Peg and I love scallops. We usually order them at Pacific Grill in downtown Tacoma and The Lobster Shop […]
Ball Peen Hammers or Ball Pein Hammers All Look the Same to Me
Most people, if they have a hammer, have a claw or framing hammer. I recently bought a ball peen hammer. A ball peen or ball pein hammer has a metal ball shape on the end where you would usually have a claw. The round ball part is generally used for shaping metal. I have no […]
No Moss . . . I almost surrender
There is nothing like the beauty of a mountain stream . . . with the lullaby of rushing water and the soft leaves and green covered rocks. “One gram of moss from the forest floor, a piece about the size of a muffin, would harbour 150,000 protozoa, 132,000 tardigrades, 3,000 springtails, 800 rotifers, 500 nematodes, […]
Letter: A Forest Cathedral, Trout And Dad
A small wooden sign with the words “No water next sixteen miles” introduced us to a faint trail that meandered up and into the trees. This narrow and overgrown goat-like track – a harbinger of more hard hiking – suggested that others had opted for the wider, well-traveled and easier way downhill. Given that my […]
Pacific Foods Boxes of Soups Review
I first started trading at Bartell Drugs because they offered great prices on scan disks. Soon, Peg and I would check the ads in the Sunday papers for the Bartell flyer. Scan disks soon transitioned to maple syrup, pickled green beans and asparagus, and other interesting food items at excellent sales prices. In the fall […]
Letter: Resolution And Old Age
As the hourly chiming of the grandfather clock marked time, an old man settled into his worn, leather chair. Often on cold, late winter’s evenings – blanketed and cushioned in the comfortable confines of the crinkled leather – he’d read himself to sleep with stories about adventure. One night he read about Captain Henry Keilett […]
Lakewood First Lions Club hosting drive through Crab Feed Fundraiser
Happy 2021 from the Lakewood First Lions Club, which hopes that you and yours are doing well, despite the awful pandemic that we are all enduring. For those of you who have participated in past Crab Feeds and Dances, thank you. We hope that you will join us for our 2021 version of dining on […]
Letter: Questions For The Clover Park School District Board
If the Clover Park School District Board of Directors is so concerned about a three word statement by a fellow board member – which led to a special meeting being called for him to explain his alleged racist statement – then how do board members know when they see actual racism? If the board of […]
Letter: Amtrak On Track To Be Safe – This Time
“Expect to see trains going 79 mph through Tacoma, Lakewood and DuPont soon,” reads the headline in the January 7 Tacoma News Tribune. “We have demonstrated, I think, to them (Pierce County communities) and everyone else that all of the necessary safety measures that Amtrak is expected to take before this testing have been fully […]