So much is happening this month of May in your community of Tillicum! The Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association will gather Monday, May 1, 6:30 p.m. at the Tillicum Community Center, 14916 Washington Ave. SW., and there you’ll meet your Lil’ Crushers tball team that the neighborhood sponsors! This coming Friday, you are invited to attend […]
Letters
Letter: The Paperclip And My Wife
On my desk is a house shaped paperclip holder. When I need one, I turn it upside down and shake. A magnet in the chimney keeps those lengths-of-wire-bent-into-flat-loops-used-to-hold-papers-together from spilling out. The paperclip reminds me of my wife. April 22 would have been her 75th birthday. Every year on that very day the One Year […]
Letter: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Submitted by Karen Meier, Chief Executive Officer – Pacific Harbors Council – Boy Scouts of America. Most of us, to steal a line from Henry David Thoreau, do not “lead lives of quiet desperation.” Most of us lead lives of normalcy, ordinariness, dullness. Dull is good. Life as a Tik-Tock meme is only for […]
Letter: One Month Ago, Tomorrow
I am told that when you lose someone so precious as your life-long traveling companion, the calendar changes. It is certainly true for me. The day of the week, the exact hour of the day, my last words, her last breath, have become my new reference for everything that matters. Sunday, March 19, four-forty in […]
Letter: The Only One for Me
There were occasions in ancient history – and in mythology – when a beautiful daughter of a prominent leader was given in marriage to the one whose youthful courage and bravery and valor were demonstrated in some heroic deed, like the taking of a city in battle, or the defeating of a giant, like Goliath […]
Letter: Watch for It. God Has Not Forgotten You.
We had so much fun at the fair, my daughter, granddaughter, and me! Huge, live, hairy spiders, and little pigs racing; rides – when she passed the height requirement – and curly fries. We sat in the audience and listened to both a men’s and women’s quartet. They sang love songs. That was tough for […]
Letter: One Day
The judge listened patiently to both sides. He’d heard the arguments before. But this time he ruled in favor of the mother that she should be reunited with her baby. She would be going home. Sitting next to her attorney at the defense table, the mother began to cry. So did others in the room, […]
Letter: She’s Waiting Still
She was waiting at the end of the dock for my return. After weeks of having painstakingly repaired my single fiberglass rowing shell following a collision with a large metal buoy, I could not resist the beckoning call of a beautiful sunset over the glass-like surface of the lake. “Just a couple miles sweetheart and […]
Letter: The Lesson of the Lily
“Grandma, watch me.” Her grandson had called her to his side to watch whatever it was he was doing. It didn’t matter what it was, he just wanted her there. “Are you still watching me Grandma?” She dares not allow her thoughts to drift, nor her eyes to close. Often, he would pause, look up […]