Singles vs. Doubles
My tennis racket was sold at our last garage sale (and I mean, our LAST garage sale!) My racket was hard to part with because it was an admission that my knees could no longer tolerate the lateral pounding on… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents: After 6 O’Clock
Sorting through old documents, I came upon this essay that I wrote sometime in the 90’s. I was tempted to edit or rewrite and then reconsidered. Even though it’s a bit long for this 140-character world of readers, I… (READ MORE)
DOES IT TAKE A TWIT TO TWEET?
I have loathed Twitter long before 45 used it to slip into the Oval Office. That said, I have a Twitter account which I registered so no one else could use my name. I’ve never used it, so please don’t… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents – Friendship on the Line
My 3 Cents – Friendship on the Line The idea of comfort food has become passé in this ever conscious age of health and wellbeing. What once was solved with a chocolate chip cookie (or six) has given pause to… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents “Being a Journalist”
Being a Journalist After a certain point in life, careers crisscross and, if you’re lucky, complement one another. I was educated as a teacher, something I always aspired to as a young student. But it wasn’t long before my career… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents “Why Art?”
Why Art? I have a meeting soon with my State Representative. As a Washington State Commissioner for the Arts [ArtsWA] I had met with Norma Smith twice before; once on Arts & Heritage Day in Olympia in 2016 for maybe… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents “Marching Onward”
“Marching Onward” I’m claustrophobic, so what was I doing shoulder to shoulder with tens of thousands of women, children, and men on Saturday morning the 21st of January, 2017? The last time (and I think the only time) I ever… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents “Hobby Scmhobby”
I first heard that my writing would be classified as a “hobby” months ago and the very idea has been eating away at me since. The classification was revealed by the tax instructor at a writers’ seminar. “If you don’t… (READ MORE)
My 3 Cents
LISTS I’m a list maker. For more than twenty years I’ve kept a reporter’s notepad next to my computer where I jot the date neatly in the upper right hand corner and then precede to list my day’s activities; one… (READ MORE)