Sometime this past January 2019, while motoring through the Lakewood Towne Center, I spotted four uniformed Lakewood Police Officers on bicycle patrol. Based on my 20 plus years experience as a police officer chasing evildoers and criminals, I was immediately enthused by the sight of LPD officers stealthily moving through the 99 acres of the […]
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Letter: Apparently, parenting is making a comeback
If there’s an issue that appears to have piqued the interest – and the ire – of parents it’s Senate Bill 5395 which would require all public schools to implement Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE), middle and high schools by 2020, and down to the Kindergarten level by September 1, 2021. “In all our years in […]
Westside Story – Backwards Dessert & Pie For Breakfast
About 3:00a in the morning last night I woke up in a cold sweat and could not get back to sleep. I have known for some time that my trouble sleeping was being caused by an overwhelming buildup of guilt festering inside me. You see I have two secrets I have kept to myself for […]
Across the Fence: A tower inspires
What does my hometown, Stuttgart (Germany), have in common with Seattle, WA? A landmark. The one in Seattle has long since been competed with by skyscrapers springing up seemingly overnight, these days only clearly visible from the sea. The one in Stuttgart can be seen for miles on end. I’m talking of the Seattle Space […]
Letter: The light in the lighthouse is there for a reason
She was tall, slender, an attractive blond, her hair shoulder length, well dressed. Then she happened to turn around. The left side of her face was brutally blue, and black, the purplish swellings no doubt once having closed off any ability to see diminishing, but still, a once pretty face didn’t, perhaps couldn’t, smile, it […]
Westside Story – No Story, No Title
It did happen, so it stands to reason, it did not happen. If my title line and the first paragraph of today’s column has you confused, please read further to achieve a relaxing sense of clarity. I have been sharing my particular style for arranging the 26 letters of our alphabet on the printed page […]
Letter: ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ – not any more
There is, under development, a Smart Litterbox that senses use (“and can send you an alert, if you like to know such things”), and self-scoops out the poop. There is a mirror, mirror now available on the wall which, installed in your bathroom, ensures who is the smartest of all. It can show you who […]
Letter: Clams, Cryptids, and the Ca-ching! Cuisine Pine Mushroom – legislative highlights
Add clams to the Washington State symbols “chosen following dedicated research.” A cryptid – “an animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated” in Washington’s case Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch – was the nomination Valentine’s Day, (don’t you love it?) February 14, 2017. Not to be outdone, the delectable, flavorful, some might even say beautiful […]
Across the Fence: Soaring sky-high
The other day, I tagged along with my husband to the 36th Annual Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show at the Washington State Fair Center in Puyallup. He was going to hold down a booth. I had a book with me in case it became too boring. I was expecting a presentation of aviation products […]