Submitted by Sylvia Allen. The pumpkin pie is gone and several lunches of turkey soup are behind us, so now we can all agree that the Christmas season has officially begun. I don’t know about you, but for me, the first thing I do to get into the mood is to start listening to the […]
Lakewood
Letter: The Crack in the Sidewalk
One carefully avoided – although just in time – the crack in the sidewalk. The other, the younger of the two, being blissfully unaware of how huge a misstep stepping on a concrete expansion joint really is – second only to stepping on the other’s shadow (not polite) – toddled alongside. With time and practice […]
Lakewood City Manager November 24 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) November 24 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
In the Book Nook with … Katherine Cobb
Author Katherine Cobb from south central Virginia splits her time between being an author and her boutique marketing communications agency. She wrote short stories, beginning in junior high. She started writing professionally in 2002 when she landed an editorial column which she wrote for 15 years, earning her a Best Lifestyle Columnist award from the […]
Letter: When Those Grieving Return Home
The setting of the story entitled “The Secret Garden” where the narrative unfolds, centers around a private-walled, bramble-invested, weed-overgrown, unkempt- and long-unattended theater of sorts where once roses took center stage. Following the death of Archibald Craven’s wife – who tended the garden – the sorrowing, grieving husband locked the garden gate, buried the key, […]
The Lakewood City Council Nov. 27 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Study Session on Nov. 27 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
South Puget Sound Urban Wildlife Interpretive Center short History
Submitted by Clover Park Rotary. The South Puget Sound Urban Wildlife Interpretive Center is a 90 acre parcel of land located in the City of Lakewood. In 1852 Adam Byrd, a pioneer from Wisconsin, arrived in the Steilacoom area by way of the Oregon Trail. A homestead claim of 318.2 acres was granted to Adam […]
Washington Boulevard is open
After more than two years of phased closures, Washington Boulevard reopened to traffic Wednesday afternoon. The re-opening signifies a major milestone in the $23 million project. No more significant road closures are expected, however intermittent lane closures will occur as the project moves toward completion. The project is still a construction zone, so drivers are […]
Across the Fence: Gemütlichkeit
Who doesn’t know the Germanism Gemütlichkeit in the English language?! Gemüt (approximately pronounced ga-‘moot) has a bunch of meanings: mind, soul, disposition, feeling. You might recognize that the English term mood is related. Gemütlichkeit (approximately pronounced ga-‘mootlih-kite) means coziness, snugness, homeliness. The concept of Gemütlichkeit seems to have developed during the German era of Biedermeier […]