When the future of an industry depends on enticing (read ‘addicting’) the adults of the future – the youth of today – so what, right? As long as the bottom line is the top priority, then, whatever.
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Home from Home: Packaging
Sometimes I wonder what it will be like when I’m a couple of decades older, my fingers not as nimble and my wrists not as strong as now. It usually happens when I’m fighting another packaging of something and I feel that either I am incapable or the package designer totally unempathetic. Also, it is […]
Letter: And so, it begins – what our country needs most
The beginning of something has so much to do with its destination. Children, for example, are dependent early-on for their parents’ love and discipline, nurture and admonition to one day responsibly take their place in society.
Letter: At that very moment, the phone rang
My favorite season of the year to row is Autumn. Sometimes with others, most often alone.
Letter: Restoring cabinets, raising children – the process is the same
“Scene it?” is a DVD game to check your recall on who the stars – as in celebrities – are. If you’re star-struck you probably have perused one of the categories called “From Trump to Tiger – Most Expensive Divorces” among the falling-stars.
Home from Home: Writing
Sometimes I get asked what it takes to be a writer. The answer is: Write! I also get asked when I decided to become a writer. I never did. It decided me. Before I could write, I told stories to my kid brother. As soon as I was able to spell, I borrowed my parents’ […]
Letter: ‘Compassion fatigue’ – homeless to earn their keep
“The City of Auburn is trying something new to fight the homeless problem,” reports Matt Markovich for KOMO News, September 30. It’s called work, “doing chores for a place to stay.”
FAB Fest spangled with highlights and stars
If you have still been wondering what to do on the very last weekend of September, you can stop contemplating now. For you definitely shouldn’t miss out on the opportunity of visiting the 6th Annual Lakewood Film, Arts, and Book Festival that is packed with highlights and even features a world-famous star! The numbers of […]
FAB Fest Features Tales about Times Past
Do you remember boring history lessons at school when you felt you were stuffed with terminology and numbers? And then reading your first historical novel, thinking: Why can’t history lessons be like this? Exciting, alive, more insightful, imaginative … Well, that’s probably why the genre of historical fiction has such a wide readership and is […]