Will Mini Mouse escape the clutches of the Evil Octopod? Will the dinosaur escapees from Jurassic Park II get to her first? Can the lone Power Ranger single-handedly defeat them all in time? Stay tuned to the continuing weekly episodes of grandpa and his granddaughter in their exciting series: ‘Goodwill Toys Gone Bad!’
Tillicum
Letter: Bah humbuggery
It’s time for the annual display of anti-holiday cheer. A Texas HOA has taken a rather frosty attitude toward a family in their community, demanding they take down Frosty, their inflatable snowman, on their front yard because it’s too early to be happy for the upcoming holiday. Thumpety-thump-thump stormed the homeowner’s association higher-ups to the […]
Letter: Like rose petals sharpen rose petals
Your life characterized by rose petal strewn paths? Do you spend endless summer days among rainbows and unicorns, daisies woven throughout braids of hair, dancing somewhat aimlessly in a circle hand-in-hand with other like – and-empty- minded, flipped-out folks? Rose petals don’t sharpen rose petals. Iron does. That’s the truth of an ancient proverb of […]
Letter: Better than dirt
You know that stuff your new TV comes packed in when you open the box and what it has to do with our shifting culture? There was a story out of Vancouver, Washington six years ago today about foam – that’s right foam – being used as the foundation of the road under construction where […]
Letter: What a source of beauty is brokenness
The disturbing details triggered the man to jump up in court and lunge at the alleged killer of the five-year-old. Soon after, he was detained by deputies and placed in handcuffs in the hallway. “I’ll never get to see her graduate from high school or be married or anything. He took that from us. It […]
Letter: The State wants access to your newborn child
“Congratulations! You just had a baby. What’s that knock on the door? It’s a state inspector to make sure your home is suitable.” So begins the February 18, 2019 Podcast with Senator Shelly Short, Republican Floor Leader, 7th Washington Legislative District. The subject is the seemingly innocuous, ostensibly altruistic, so-called “Welcome to Washington Baby Act” […]
Murder charge update at Tillicum meeting
Detective Bunton, Lakewood Police Department, and possibly Chief Mike Zaro, will update the Tillicum and Woodbrook community this coming Thursday, November 7, 6:30 P.M. concerning the ongoing investigation of the incident this past month on Tillicum’s Washington Ave. in which a “teen died after being shot in the back and his friend is charged in the […]
Letter: The Death of a Star, and a Child
One year ago today I visited the Planetarium at the invitation of my grandson with his sixth-grade advanced math class. What an awesome spectacle, an incredible adventure, to lean back, gaze at the curved ceiling and be transported to the very edge of the universe. Thanks to the astronomical – literally – capabilities of the […]
Letter: Impervious
Unaffected by outside influence; unmoved by popular opinion, argument or suggestion; “standing sentinel” over the fray of insults hurled; secure despite accusations tossed and those with violence and vehemence. On a rock he stands, majestic, unperturbed as the chill winds assail the seas and torment into a wild frenzy the crashing and thundering waves below. […]