Movie theaters and bowling alleys were closed Restaurants were offering takeout only. And nightlife was non-existent. The summer of 2020 has been cemented in our minds as a time of…
Did you know the origins of the Trump family fortune have links to a Ghost Town in Washington? Kim shares the details in this Deepish Thoughts. Kim and her family…
John HoffmanHadberg Shack on Indian CreekJohn KlingenbergBilly Gohl Imagine a sailor. The year is 1907. He’s just finished up swabbing the deck. You can see him there, resting up against…
Karen Bodine never did stray far from home. Even after she was grown and had three children of her own, she wasn’t in a hurry to leave the community near…
Private Samuel Snow At 11 o’clock an Army corporal dropped the needle into the well grooved lines on the record player. Taps played over the loudspeaker across the Fort Lawton…
It was the summer of love… 1967. Seattle was simultaneously the center of the known universe and on the very edge of something spectacular. Seattle’s own Jimi Hendrix had just…
Some children are sensitive. But, I’m not talking about the child that’s quick to tear up or is shy. I’m talking about the empathic child who sees or feels things…
The Evergreen State is known for its rainy days, precipitation that some say never ends. But we like to keep a little secret. Summertime in the Pacific Northwest is something…
He wore mirrored sunglasses. Aviators. With a black suit, a white shirt, a clip-on tie and loafers. It was the day before Thanksgiving in 1971. The mystery man approached a…