Within the heart-shaped hedges of Lullaby Land are the gravesites of infants and children. A flagstone path leads into the small, perfectly tended garden. At the very center of the heart is a stone figure of a cherub. Its wings are unfurled as if it has just arrived and perched on its pedestal; its finger […]
Lakewood
Across the Fence: A Musical Mission
The other day, I was invited to a Zoom house party by my friend, renowned TV and radio show host, author, and humorist Dorothy Wilhelm. It was there that I first met another Washington State icon who immediately impressed me, musician Linda Allen. She presented a video that made me even more curious about her […]
Across the Fence: Fruits of Fall
The skies have turned a different hue of blue a while ago. The first leaves started turning this year in August already. Starbucks and Co. have welcomed back customers for their pumpkin spice lattes. But fall, for me, somehow only begins when I see the first pumpkins paraded outside grocery stores. And everybody who knows […]
Lakewood First Lions looking for new members
The Lakewood First Lions Club, which began on March 17, 1954, is looking for new members. The club’s motto is “We Serve” and we mean it. Your joining our club allows us to: Expand our work in protecting the gifts of sight and hearing by testing students in the Clover Park School District when schools are […]
Letter: Just Passing Through
They had met on the train. He was a handsome soldier on reassignment just passing through. “May I sit here?” he had asked. And so it began. Fifty-eight wonderful years of marriage eventually followed that first encounter. He has been gone some years now, and sometimes she will go to a railway station – it […]
Letter: “Going To The Garden!”
With that four word proclamation my mother would head out to pursue her greatest passion, the nurturing of beauty. No greater joy, no time better spent, no more captivated audience of one than she when surrounded by her flowers. It seemed that the closer to the earth mother was, the happier she grew. What was […]
Westside Story – 14 Years Later
My Westside Story – Voter’s Pamphlet – Lieutenant Cyndie Fajardo article was published in The Suburban Times on October 18, 2020. Click my LINK above to return to the original article. One of my readers, Shelley Hull, made a comment every voter should hear and consider before voting. While I have tried to make the […]
Westside Story – Not 1 Reason
I have written around a dozen articles related to our current political race between Cyndie Fajardo and Ed Troyer for the position of Pierce County Sheriff. I have included many reasons related to experience, education, leadership, and training that support voting for the most qualified candidate, Lieutenant Cyndie Fajardo. As an added bonus, the most […]
Westside Story – False Report, Reports False Report
Like most officers serving the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), I was conscientious about making sure I knew what was expected of me based on our PCSD Policy Manual. Following the rules came into play when I worked the day-watch at the front desk as a Court Security Officer in the County-City Building. A woman […]