“The party’s over. Now off to the jungle,” declares Puyallup wildlife artist Becci Crowe as she plans her 13th trip to the African continent. This one is special even for Crowe who is a Signature Member of Artists for Conservation. On this trip, Crowe will join famed primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Republic of Congo.
World Tai Chi Day Apr. 25
If your doctor has said that Tai Chi would be good for you, and he probably has, but you don’t know how to get started, and you probably don’t, a great free chance is available on World Tai Chi Day, Saturday April 25 at 10:00 a.m. in front of the Tacoma Museum of Glass. All are welcome, and it’s very beginner friendly.
Westside Story – What Would You Do?
Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.
While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I am), found a fitbit zip in the middle of the walkway. Finding a fitbit is like finding $60.
Westside Story – What Would You Do?
Last week I took my grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.
While walking through the zoo, my grandchildren, (who are both built much closer to the ground than I am), found a fitbit zip in the middle of the walkway. Finding a fitbit is like finding $60.
Westside Story – Smokers Kill Non-Smokers
Here is the way I see it. We are all impacted by the choices we make. Back in 1959 I first started observing smokers while working in the grocery business. After doing so, I chose not to smoke for the following reasons:
Letter: When the bottom line is the top priority
The headline will one day read “They Were against It before They Were for It.”
You read it here first.
Westside Story – Rampant Age Discrimination at 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship
The way I see it: the big time 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship is coming to Pierce County and that means a lot of great, wonderful and positive things are going to happen in our community. But the U.S. Open has its downside.
Letter: Every organization needs a hall monitor
Best if it’s the leader.
As we approach National Honesty Day, April 30, it is ironic – perhaps ‘comic’ would be more apt – that as to “congressional records or presidential proclamations for this day” – this ‘National’ day, this one day (only one?) set aside to tell the truth – “none were found.”
Westside Story – Lint Art
Have you ever heard of lint art? I never had until recently when my friend, Edra Zook, who recently retired from Starbucks #313 after ten years service, showed me her latest artistic creation. What you see was 20 years in the making.