Sometimes we don’t even know what little jewels are right in our neighborhood until we stumble across them. One of these past sunny, icy-cold winter days, my husband and I decided to take a walk on a trail we hadn’t explored before. And it would be an utterly exhilarating experience. We drove up SR 99 […]
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Westside Story – New Year's Resolutions
Today, January 1, 2020, I endeavor to avoid procrastinating on my duty to our publisher, Ben Sclair. I am sitting at my keyboard, creating my first column for our new year. If you are reading my first 2020 column, I wish to congratulate you on beating the Grim Reaper out of one more year. I […]
Across the Fence: May It Bring Luck!
Numerous are the customs and traditions we stick to in order to bring about good luck for a new year. This year, we are expecting an entirely new decade to begin, and I bet a number of you have already made plans how to change their lives, have bought bubbly, might pour molten lead to […]
Westside Story – Comments Please
The other day I was leaving a business in Dupont. Well, it was not really Dupont, but I am taking poetic license to say it was Dupont because I do not seem to write about Dupont very often. Maybe it is because not much goes on in Dupont. Or perhaps it is because a lot […]
Westside Story – A Question of Prayer
As a writer, I have the responsibility and power to distract you from the heavy burden of thinking daily about Pelosi, Trump, and impeachment. To see if I succeed in taking your mind off politics, please read my next five paragraphs. Just last week, we met with estate planning lawyer, Bert the Barrister; not to […]
Westside Story – X-Ray Vision
Credits: Sidewalk Terminology Research Analyst – Larry King; Professional Thespian – Jimmy Howe; Staged Accident Accomplice – **Loree. Thus far, I have accumulated 76 years of life-experience on planet earth. Twenty-five of those years were cop years that catapulted me to the center of a multitude of tragic incidents. My accumulated life experience triggered a […]
Westside Story – Felon Friendly – Another Steilacoom First
During my 25 years in law enforcement and for many decades before, our old criminal justice system has focussed on chasing and apprehending felons. Our current deep-rooted crime-fighting system is not working, as is evidenced by the fact that crime is still pervasive in our society. I cannot explain why we continue to repeat the […]
Across the Fence: The Celebration of a Plant
Alright, you may think: What has a plant to do with the celebration of Christmas? I’m not even talking Christmas trees today. Most of you probably know that story well enough. I’m talking of a popular Christmas carol, “The Holly and the Ivy”, which was created in Britain in the early nineteenth century. When I […]
Westside Story – Steilacoom Was First
Many are aware that our Town of Steilacoom was First. Steilacoom has a rich history of Firsts. Check LINK: Town of Steilacoom Firsts if you would like to learn what you do not know about Steilacoom Firsts. An example of some of the Steilacoom Firsts follows below. Steilacoom’s firsts First Territorial Court held at Fort […]