The idea of women artists creating portraits of women who influenced their lives and art had been in the mind of Amanda Gamble, artist, marketer of luxury goods and entrepreneur, since 2017, but it took moving to Tacoma to bring it to fruition. Since summer of 2018, Amanda began contacting local women artists to contribute […]
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Shakabrah Java – Breakfast – Restaurant Review
It was early Thursday morning, so I wasn’t expecting my buddy Donn to call about breakfast. We usually go out on Sunday morning with wives and friends for breakfasts around Pierce County and sometimes reach down into Thurston County as well. It was my birthday. I had already eaten breakfast, but I’ve never been one […]
Letter: Bah humbuggery
It’s time for the annual display of anti-holiday cheer. A Texas HOA has taken a rather frosty attitude toward a family in their community, demanding they take down Frosty, their inflatable snowman, on their front yard because it’s too early to be happy for the upcoming holiday. Thumpety-thump-thump stormed the homeowner’s association higher-ups to the […]
Doctors and Diets – Fighting Gut Reaction with Love, Community, and Friendship
Do you have frequent bowel movements, abdominal cramps, and gas? They make life difficult for millions of people. A study in 2015 revealed that 3.1 millions Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Nearly 800,000 of those people had Crohn’s Disease. The exact cause of Crohn’s disease is unknown, but experts agree it runs in […]
Letter: Like rose petals sharpen rose petals
Your life characterized by rose petal strewn paths? Do you spend endless summer days among rainbows and unicorns, daisies woven throughout braids of hair, dancing somewhat aimlessly in a circle hand-in-hand with other like – and-empty- minded, flipped-out folks? Rose petals don’t sharpen rose petals. Iron does. That’s the truth of an ancient proverb of […]
Across the Fence: Mix it up!
When I grew up, meat was on the table only scarcely. Which made the Sunday roast my mother prepared for lunch ever so much more special. Besides she had quite a variety of recipes. It could be a sauerbraten or a beef roast, a larded beef roast, a pork roast, a crusted pork roast, a […]
Letter: Better than dirt
You know that stuff your new TV comes packed in when you open the box and what it has to do with our shifting culture? There was a story out of Vancouver, Washington six years ago today about foam – that’s right foam – being used as the foundation of the road under construction where […]
Help Feed the Kids – The Harmon's "Pray for Snow Party" for The Food Connection
25% of Washington children live in households that struggle to put enough food on the table. The Food Connection at St. Leo’s in Tacoma has a “Backpack Program” which provides two-days worth of food to more than 1,100 children at-risk of hunger every weekend throughout the school year. This program serves children each weekend at […]
Letter: What a source of beauty is brokenness
The disturbing details triggered the man to jump up in court and lunge at the alleged killer of the five-year-old. Soon after, he was detained by deputies and placed in handcuffs in the hallway. “I’ll never get to see her graduate from high school or be married or anything. He took that from us. It […]