“A Colorado man was arrested after a stabbing in which the assailant called out ‘black lives matter’ before stabbing the victim, according to news reports.” The assailant was black. The victim was white and was stabbed while walking his dog. “The Marlins and Mets walk off the field in protest and leave a BLM shirt […]
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Westside Story – A Sign of the Times
The world is changing and quickly too. As I get closer to my 80s, I can’t keep up. Have you noticed, phone booths are nowhere to be found. They have been replaced with itty bitty phones we can stuff in our pockets. Everyone, wanting to be different, is becoming more the same as they race […]
Reasons to be Cheerful – August – Summertime
One extremely hot day, a few days of rain, but over all . . . aside from the threat of Covid:19 and another virus front moving in, it’s been a glorious summer. Several years ago my wife and I took our grand twins to Half-Price Books by the Tacoma Mall. All four of us bought […]
Letter: Our common humanity
From crossing the border into Tijuana, to threading the active barricades that serve as the checkpoint boundary of a U.S. military installation, what we learned. No sé dónde está el baño. It was the one phrase I knew but an important one. And the young man understood, smiled, and pointed. Thankfully. On the hot, dusty […]
Westside Story – Safe Driving Tips
It has been my life long dream to become a best selling author with my name prominently listed on The New York Times Best Sellers List. While I have not yet achieved my lofty goal, mainly because unlike my author friend, Susanne Bacon, I have never written a book, I do take great pride in […]
Seattle Storm Basketball
My only claim to basketball fame was my Tacoma Jaycees winning the state championship at Central Washington University, roughly two million years ago. I recruited the players. I was the only “real” Jaycee on the team. I was a pretty good shot, but couldn’t handle the ball, too well. For the championship game I came […]
Letter: A tribute to foster parents, and those who parent on purpose
It was a great national crisis, a most critical moment in their entire history. While the individual who stood at the crossroads – faced with a desperate choice, with destiny or destruction dependent on their decision – would receive the preponderance of accolades, it was their foster parent, the one who raised them, who had […]
Across the Fence: All Tastes German
Have you ever tasted an authentic German meal – maybe at a German-American household or even over in Germany when you lived or vacationed there? Do you miss the experience? And is one of the bleakest thoughts you have these days that you can neither travel there nor experience as much as a German Oktoberfest […]
Wearing the Mask – A Short Story
Gerry walked into the hardware store. He knew exactly what he wanted. He knew where the hoe and rakes were, about six aisles deep into the store. He was several yards in when he heard, “Ahem . . . excuse me.” He turned and found himself staring at two golden brown colored agate eyes peering […]