The old saying, where there is smoke, there is fire, can justifiably be changed to where there are smokers, there is fire. Cigarette design has improved cigarettes making them less likely to cause fires. Improved; Yes! Foolproof; No! A carelessly discarded smoldering cigarette can start a fire within 20 minutes to 18 hours. Even ashes […]
Pierce County is offering relief to restaurants – and diners
Well, this sounds awesome for restaurant and for diners. I saw that Pierce County Councilmember Marty Campbell posted about this new county program for restaurants. Pierce County Council just approved the program that would offer dining discounts and relief to restaurants. Pierce County will allocate $7.5 million from its CARES Act funding to the program. […]
The Haunting (1963) – A Film Review
Haunted houses have always intrigued me. I’m a skeptic of the supernatural, but I sometimes wonder about the catalysts that make people believe it. You hear stories about why a house gets haunted, but is it haunted by a premature and unjust death, or is it haunted because we perceive it that way due to […]
Letter: Pearls On A Strand
We had seen it coming. What had begun as a crystal clear early morning with stars twinkling in the still dark sky, and as red and white bow lights flashed on the other rowing shells moved silently on the dark surface of the water, the morning dissolved into a thick and impenetrable fog. Not only […]
Business Success in the Time of COVID
This has been a good year for our family run businesses: PNW Video and Public Doman. We rarely loose a client. Usually they have to die to leave us. We just lost one due to COVID in September, however. They usually dealt with cash customers and cash was hard to come by for many people […]
Letter: No More
No more a memory of sad days gone by. No more the sound of weeping. No more an infant who lives but a few days. No more an old man who does not complete his years. No more. The pain will not dim but rather not come to mind. Clumsy words – so inadequate to […]
Green Book Review and Living with Others
Green Book (2018). I had heard about the film from the annual Oscar awards. It won three: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. I knew the Green Book was a publication to help black people negotiate their way through the southern states, which still had hotels, restaurants, and clubs […]
Bliss Small Batch Creamery expanding in Tacoma again
It’s been two years since Bliss Small Batch Creamery opened its first brick-and-mortar location in University Place. Happy birthday to Bliss. They’re also celebrating by expanding again. The ice cream company known for fanciful […] The post Bliss Small Batch Creamery expanding in Tacoma again appeared first on Dine Pierce County.
Letter: A Carefully Laid Trap, Exposed By The Light Of Truth
Delicately and quietly the tiny aerial acrobat drifted in the faint night breeze. At the far reach of its pendulum swing, the eight-legged insect attached a strand. Once done, it reeled the strand in to tighten it. Then the spider crept carefully back to the beginning of the web and began to spin yet another […]