The Lakewood First Lions Club would like to thank Heritage Bank in Lakewood for their continuing sponsorship of our annual crab feed. This year, because of the pandemic, it is being held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14th, as a drive through in Fort Steilacoom Park. We prefer that meals be paid ahead of time […]
The Black Emperor of Broadway – 2020 – Film Review
The only play that Peggy and I have ever walked out on was “Desire Under the Elms” by Eugene O’Neill. It was a production by Tacoma Actors Guild, while they were still in the old St Leo’s High School. The staging and the acting were good, but the story line involved Greek tragedy in a […]
The Forwardness of Memories, Looking Back, and the Roar of the Crowd
Nothing ever happens in the right sequence. Memories weave their tender vines around our lives. A friend lost his mother and I comforted him by telling him that I saw my mother all the time and she had passed away decades ago. A woman wearing a similar blouse that my mom wore, a turn of […]
Pierce County enters Phase 2, indoor dining resumes Feb 1
Great news – Gov Jay Inslee announced this afternoon our region is moving to Phase 2. That means the return of indoor dining. Here’s some helpful info for you: * Indoor dining can resume at 25 percent capacity. Indoor dining in our region begins on Monday, February 1. * There are two regions that move […]
Across the Fence: Playground Preferences
The other day, on a walk around Chambers Bay Golf Course, I came past the playground and pondered with how much love it has been set up. There were quite a few kids playing there, not all of them physically distancing; but in one corner, on a swing, sat a little girl all by herself, […]
The Book Doctors to meet on February 4. No, really
The Book Doctors is a sort of Zoom Appetizer Tray of help and information for writers who are ready to become published authors in the most efficient way possible. Guest experts this month are a bestselling inspirational writer, a business strategist, and a Book Doctors regular, Susanne Bacon. Authors panel: Allen Klein – His newest […]
Mardi Gras 2021 – takeout gumbo, King cakes and crawfish boil
As Ben Marcus notes, Mardi Gras 2020 was one of the last fun things we were able to celebrate in a group setting last year. And then coronavirus happened. With pandemic restrictions still in place, Mardi Gras 2021 will be celebrated quite differently, but celebrate we will. Marcus, who longtime locals will know as one […]
Letter: What’s Going On?
According to recently released public disclosure documents, Deb Hansen, President of the Clover Park Education Association (CPEA), solicited from association’s members their signatures on a template she provided that would be sent to the Clover Park School Board in advance of their January 11, 2021 meeting. The letter – to which CPEA members could sign […]
Jump Starting Creativity – Taking Off and Soaring
Have you ever had one of days where things went from sleepy time boring to speed of light synapse. . . like the difference between driving a 1978 Ford Fiesta and stepping on the pedal and going zero to 60 in 2pointsomethingseconds in one of the new sporty Teslas? I had been bored and nearly […]