Admittedly, sometimes a photo strikes one’s eyes before you even come up with a story. These are two of that kind, and I found them on the sites of two of my German Facebook friends, who are friends of each other, as well, and like to take photos of the same motives from different angles. […]
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Boyle’s Double Take – Food at Stake
On January 4, 2020 when my Double Take writing partner, Susanne Bacon, suggested the unique photo below I was stumped. What was I going to write about? Susanne did not stage this one of a kind image. A friend of Susanne’s happened upon the actual scene in Germany and captured it with her camera. With a stroke […]
Letter: Like buried treasure inspires the imagination, so life-stories told by fathers and mothers inspire courage and conviction
We had just finished reading “Blackbeard’s Ghost” to our ‘little pirates’ so off they went, child’s yellow beach shovel in one hand and blue bucket in the other, to search for the ‘x’ etched in the soil left eons ago by this nefarious ne’re-do-well. They found it too, the ‘x’ and the treasure buried beneath […]
Across the Fence: The Cost of Reading
The other day, I reposted a meme on Facebook, reading somewhat like this: “Why are people ready to pay $ 4.99 for a cup of coffee, but hesitate to buy a book of that price?” A moment later, one of my author page’s friends answered somewhat like, “I don’t understand this either. But why does […]
Westside Story – Petit Restaurant Review
It has been my lifelong dream to become more Don Doman-like, when I am older. There is no doubt. Don Doman is the undisputed Pierce County King of restaurant reviews for The Suburban Times. Attaining my lifetime goal turned out to not be as easy as it sounds. The other day my pal, Larry, and […]
Across the Fence: Fish that Rocks the Future
One of my latest outings took me to the Washington Sportsman Show in Puyallup, and as a foodie I ended up at a table with some seductive tasting offers. The food was rockfish jerky. The man who handed it to me was not just holding down any show table, but was the Puyallup-based company’s CEO. […]
Across the Fence: To Gift or Not to Gift
Today is Valentine’s Day – for those of you who don’t receive my columns as a subscription, it will have been that yesterday. Anyhow. What does Valentine’s Day mean to us? As givers and as receivers? As experiencers or as bystanders? First of all, Valentine’s Day is a gift for any business that can make […]
Letter: Is anyone else tired of the Tacoma News Tribune (TNT) telling our city what to do?
Readers may remember when the TNT – aka, in effect, drug-dealer – editorial board had then recommended Lakewood drop its basically silly scruples and allow marijuana to be sold in the city. Wrote the editorialists: “Principles are well and good, but they don’t keep the lights on, and they don’t pay for recreation departments or […]
Westside Story – Jewelers in Cars Getting Coffee
I was relaxing at home, sipping a handcrafted cocktail inspired by my nationally recognized The Manhattan Project Happy Hour drinking program when my phone rang. I know you will not believe what I am about to tell you next. Jerry Seinfeld was calling me right here in the City of Lakewood. It seems impossible, but […]