Suburban Times writer Joe Boyle wrote about hedges and other bushes drying up and turning brown all over Lakewood. He’s worried about fires starting and spreading. I loved his article and sent him a comment: “Joe, I think you should re-title your piece: The Planted Dead. I know exactly what you’re talking about and the […]
Home from Home: Gardening
Until I came to the United States, I never had a garden. This is not unusual at all. In comparison to this nation, my mother country, Germany, is tiny, and its almost 90 million inhabitants literally live on top of each other in many places. I grew up in apartment houses. Later I rented apartments […]
A Checked Past – Room for All
If you’ve never seen a Checker automobile, you’ve missed an American icon. Checker Motors Corporation in Kalamazoo, manufactured taxicabs used by Checker Taxi (the same company really. They stopped producing automobiles in 1982. During many years of production Checker would sell cars for personal use on special order, but the taxi cab was their main […]
Aunt Raini, Pacific Lutheran University & the Responsibility of Art
“Aunt Raini” has been playing at Jewish Theaters across the U.S. There are two different versions of the script. One production company combined the two, unsuccessfully. At Pacific Lutheran University Tom Smith recently had the West Coast debut of the play. Smith, play wright, director, Associate Professor, and Artistic Director of Theatre at P.L.U. used […]
Tale Unravels at Knitting Store
Do you remember the times when your family was sitting together, everybody doing something, while somebody was reading a book aloud to all of you? Starting next week, The Sock Peddlers LLC in Lakewood are hosting exactly such a unique event with local author Susanne Bacon in their cozy store with lots living room ambience.
Westside Story – My Harvard Hats Off To You
As I approach my three quarter century mark it is only natural that I conclude I know everything. What more is there to learn? To explore this intellectually stimulating philosophical question further, let’s talk pen storage.
My Bicycle Returns Home – (Packing a Bike for Shipping) A Travel Coda
Submitted by Richard Dorsett A week after I returned from my recent tour of Halifax, Nova Scotia to Buffalo, New York (1125 miles), my bicycle was delivered to my door. It was safely packed and in perfect condition. A challenge faced by every touring bicyclist is getting your bike to where you need it and […]
Hooked on Yarns
It all started with a hobby that needed to be shared. Today it’s a business in Lakewood that is brimming with fine materials, infinite ideas, and the happy magic that made everything fall in place. The Sock Peddlers have opened their colorful store in the Colonial Center at Motor Avenue only a couple of months […]
Westside Story – Joe Boyle Fails City Council
On October 2, 2017, I received notice a Suburban Times reader, Ms. Elizabeth James, added two comments to my article titled Westside Story – Pencil Vs. Gun. The second comment disclosed her being victimized by Lakewood City Council’s Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP). My link will take you to the article and her two comments.