Submitted by Benny and Joey. Because Benny and Joey understand nothing is more frustrating than having questions and no answers, we developed Benny’s & Joey’s Quiz for you. Benny and Joey select questions from multiple sources including our readers, and then we go forth with a strong commitment to dig up an answer. Notice we […]
Home from Home: End of Summer
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Though, according to the calendar, it will be summer for a few weeks yet, we all know that Labor Day pretty much marks the end of summer everywhere in the United States. Certainly, here in Western Washington. In Germany, Labor Day would be in May and mark the beginning of early […]
Wearing Your Heart On Your Vest – Manner and Etiquette
Submitted by Don Doman. Jorge was a young construction worker, sitting and waiting for a bus. Natasha was an older lady confined to a wheelchair. She asked him about his orange safety vest, “Where do you get those?” The vests are highly reflective and are easily seen by oncoming automobile traffic. Natasha thought that a […]
FAB Fest Features Randall Platt
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Do you remember a time when you were “oh so above” reading young adult (YA) literature because you thought yourself finally grown up? And do you find that the more grown-up you are, the more often you grab a good young adults’ book and truly enjoy it? Well, then you simply […]
Letter: Fish and Wildlife, marshmellows and memories – escaping with my dad
Submitted by David Anderson. The news this morning – on this National Marshmallow Toasting Day, August 30 – says a 15 percent increase in licenses to hunt and fish in Washington has been proposed. S’more money. If there was one thing I looked forward to at the end of a long day with my dad […]
Our Deer Friends
Submitted by Don Doman. People either love deer in their yards or they hate them. We are the love ’em variety. We enjoy watching them. It’s so relaxing. They let us feel closer to nature. We’ve moved our plants up onto our deck so they don’t eat the tomato plants or flowers. They’ve only come […]
FAB Fest Features Fascinating Facts of the Past
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. History in Washington is incredibly young and therefore the (pioneering) past so much more immediate than in so many other parts of the US. Maybe that is the reason why there are so many ambitious authors digging into the sources that lie beneath of what and who we are today. The […]
OSJ – Old San Juan – Restaurant Review
Submitted by Don Doman. This article is dedicated to Antonio Edwards, Jr. – Tacoma Poet Laureate 2009-2010 who always speaks proudly of his Puerto Rican heritage and attorney Noel Shillito, the only person I know who was actually born in Puerto Rico. I was looking for restaurants in Lakewood, so of course I visited Google. […]
Westside Story – Snail-Mail Dropbox is Back
Submitted by Joe Boyle. For many decades our local US Post Office provided us with a drop-off mail box in the parking lot across from Little Church On The Prairie on Whitman Av SW close to Motor Av SW. While my wife and I did not use the mail drop box all the time, we […]