By Joe Boyle. For my entire life, I have lived with an internal debate regarding whether I am an exciting personality and fun to talk with, including a propensity for telling fascinating stories, or if I am a bore because I talk too much.
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Friendly Towns, Wild Animals, and Tame Friends
Submitted by Don Doman. I stepped outside to pick up the morning papers. It was gray and cool. No cooing doves welcomed me, no bunny sitting in the grass and watching for movement down the hill. Perhaps, everyone was sleeping in this morning. There weren’t even tiny ants crawling on the steps . . . […]
Westside Story – Voter Test
Submitted by Joe Boyle. For a number reasons, I am hesitant to advise you on who to vote for in any of our upcoming political races, including the race for Pierce County Prosecutor. I am not reluctant to share several voting tips with you to help make your voting process more meaningful.
Westside Story – Joe Boyle Declared Missing
Submitted by Joe Boyle. READER COURTESY NOTE: If you have at least an 8th-grade education, it should take you 1 minute and 28 seconds to read today’s, Westside Story. Readers from all over the United States have asked a prominent burning question. What happened to Joe Boyle? We have not read any Westside Story articles […]
Cyrano de Bergerac – Poetry, Puns and Performances
Submitted by Don Doman. The highest-grossing film of 1965 was The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. At that time most people said, “Christopher who?” Not me, however. Somewhere in my studio I have a reel to reel audio tape that is an absolute treasure. During my Junior year at Clover Park […]
A Man of Principles
Submitted by Don Doman. Dachau concentration camp was first built in Nazi Germany to hold political prisoners. A political prisoner is someone who disagrees with the current regime. In Nazi Germany that meant Adolf Hitler and his cronies. He sought total control. He padded the courts with fellow Nazis. Nazis were a combination of the […]
The Homestead Restaurant Review
Submitted by Don Doman. The Homestead Restaurant looks like a small red barn. The Homestead is kitty-corner from the B & I Shopping Center on South Tacoma Way and just a few blocks shy of being in Lakewood. My favorite dining experience at the Homestead was several years ago when we took two granddaughters to […]
New Life, Time and Time, Again… Gives Hope
Submitted by Don Doman. About two hundred miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho lies the tiny village of Field, British Columbia. You probably passed through Field if you ever drove to Lake Louise, a glacier-fed lake encircled by high peaks in Banff National Park. Nearby Field is located inside Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies. […]
Promoting Preschool Independence and Learning
Submitted by Don Doman. Usually children are smarter than we think. They still need help and guidance, however. Quite often encouragement alone carries the day. As young grandparents we didn’t expect to be babysitters, but we quickly adapted to the needs of our children and their children. Teaching children is almost as fun as being […]