Submitted by Don Doman. After watching a morning film at the Grand Cinema we visited the IndoAsian Eatery for an excellent lunch – indostreeteatery.com/menu/ IndoAsian prides itself on bringing Asian street food to Tacoma. The restaurant is on a short block in the Stadium District of Tacoma. There are five restaurants within a couple hundred […]
Tears, Laughter, a Movie and Free Popcorn
Submitted by Don Doman. A couple of days in advance my wife asked me, “Would you like to go see a movie about caregiving?” Since this probably portends the future, I said, “Uhhhhh. Sure.” Neither of us knew what we were going to see. I don’t know how Peg found out about it. Saturday morning […]
Laughter is the Best Revenge
Submitted by Don Doman. I try to be a better person. I strive to be a better person. But I think it’s part of human nature to wish ill of people who have done us harm. The artist Paul Gauguin said, “Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.” It just makes us feel […]
You Are In Charge of Your Own Limitations
Submitted by Don Doman. Who knows our limitations? Who knows our abilities? Who is the only person in control of our goals, aspirations, and horizons? It’s us. No one may label us. We set our own limitations and abilities, and we are the only ones who can change them. I’ve gotten jobs before when I […]
Westside Story – Political Endorsements
Submitted by Joe Boyle. To my way of thinking, it is a fact of life that our modern political campaign process is fraught with elements of wasteful and juvenile political behavior. Many aspects of today’s political process remind me of the goofy activities I was involved in when I ran for class president during grade […]
Publicity Headlines and Results are Two Different Things
Submitted by Don Doman. Some people are publicity hogs. They submit press releases looking to grab some headlines in newspapers and online news sources. They just know that if the word gets out about them, their services, or their company, then they will magically have more sales than they can handle. It doesn’t always work […]
Home from Home: Reading
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Have you ever thought over how much your reading shapes your mindset, but how it also is defined by what nation you belong to? Obviously, most people’s first books will be in their mother tongue. Mine weren’t. And my favorite was an American one, “One Morning in Maine”.
Swallowing Spiders
Submitted by Don Doman. It’s a fact: Americans swallow eight spiders each year. They enter your mouth while you sleep. Last week there was a dead spider in the water glass I keep by my bed. When some of my friends send me outrageous claims about almost anything, I search on Snopes for the truth. […]
FAB Fest Features Kate Breslin
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Want to meet one of this nation’s finest authors of historical fiction? Then come to the FAB fest and have Kate Breslin sign books for you. In 2015 she received Christian Retailing’s Best Award for First Time Author, and since her first novel about a Jewess in Nazi Germany she has […]