Submitted by Joe Boyle. The tale that follows may remind you of an episode from Rod Serling’s famous TV show, The Twilight Zone. While my entire story, except for one paragraph, is true, it took 3000 words to tell. A 13-minute read is too long for my busy readers. To respect my readers’ time, I […]
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Letter: How's this for a motivational speech?
Submitted by David Anderson. I am awed by my brother. Yesterday, as we do once a year at a picnic table somewhere with a view of the water, we three siblings ate baloney sandwiches. And my brother once again chewed a face into a slice of baloney. Some years it’s the bad-for-you-but-cheap-white-bread that’s the victim. […]
Benny’s & Joey's Quiz
Submitted by Benny and Joey. Because Benny and Joey understand nothing is more frustrating than having questions and no answers, we developed Benny’s & Joey’s Quiz for you. Benny and Joey select questions from multiple sources including our readers, and then we go forth with a strong commitment to dig up an answer. Notice we […]
FAB Fest Features Randall Platt
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Do you remember a time when you were “oh so above” reading young adult (YA) literature because you thought yourself finally grown up? And do you find that the more grown-up you are, the more often you grab a good young adults’ book and truly enjoy it? Well, then you simply […]
Letter: Fish and Wildlife, marshmellows and memories – escaping with my dad
Submitted by David Anderson. The news this morning – on this National Marshmallow Toasting Day, August 30 – says a 15 percent increase in licenses to hunt and fish in Washington has been proposed. S’more money. If there was one thing I looked forward to at the end of a long day with my dad […]
FAB Fest Features Fascinating Facts of the Past
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. History in Washington is incredibly young and therefore the (pioneering) past so much more immediate than in so many other parts of the US. Maybe that is the reason why there are so many ambitious authors digging into the sources that lie beneath of what and who we are today. The […]
Westside Story – Snail-Mail Dropbox is Back
Submitted by Joe Boyle. For many decades our local US Post Office provided us with a drop-off mail box in the parking lot across from Little Church On The Prairie on Whitman Av SW close to Motor Av SW. While my wife and I did not use the mail drop box all the time, we […]
Letter: More 'ethical crickets' needed in our world
Submitted by David Anderson. Jiminy Cricket received a badge from the Blue Fairy at the end of “Pinocchio” making the little fellow an official conscience. Here following is the official pronouncement: “I dub you Pinocchio’s conscience, lord high keeper of the knowledge of right and wrong, counselor in moments of high temptation, and guide along […]
Letter: Regardless of party affiliation, vote to uphold the constitution
Submitted by David Anderson. Because if an incumbent or challenger does not speak – and act – unequivocally and emphatically on behalf of clear constitutional mandates, then he or she has knowingly, or otherwise, relinquished his or her primary “responsibilities to the encroaching administrative state.” And then, what other constitutional freedoms – a nonpartisan issue […]