8/10/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 9 “The Commute” By Bruce Williams Bruce Williams I commute for 45 minutes into Bellevue most days, giving me ample time to observe and note several tendencies of my fellow travelers—things I’ll chuckle at, grow disgusted with or avoid altogether. […]
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Column: “That Got Me To Thinking…?”; “Gift Giving”
8/3/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 8 “Gift Giving” By Bruce Williams As I was getting ready for work this morning, I spied a coupon book that my daughter Louie made as a Father’s Day gift at least three years ago. Filled with all sorts of thankless tasks (foot […]
Column: “That Got Me To Thinking…?”; “Permann”
7/27/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 7 “Permann” By Bruce Williams Hopefully everyone has the opportunity to have a best friend growing up–one whose parents know you as well as (or better) than your own, whose clothes you might borrow, whom you might be just as likely to […]
COLUMN: “THAT GOT ME TO THINKING…?”; “Walkabouts”
7/20/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 6 “Walkabouts” By Bruce Williams Walking is generally my source of exercise these days, and I try to get out with the dog and do at least four miles everyday. Somedays I’ll get ambitious and go as far as nine miles (sans dog) […]
Opinion: Difficult Situation calls for Drastic Action; How we should Re-Open High School Sports
7/10/2020 It was just a few weeks ago that everything seemed to be coming together. In several counties they had reached phase 3 of the Governor’s plan and looked like most of the state would be in phase 4 by August and schools would re-open and sports would be back […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinking…?”; The Dairymen’s Angels
7/6/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…?” Chapter 4 “The Dairymen’s Angels” By Bruce Williams Following my sisters’ fastpitch softball team around the state in the ‘70’s (being the youngest of three kids, I had no choice) in the family’s Weekender camper to such broken-compass locales as Packwood, Wenatchee, Puyallup and […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinking”; The Basketball Game
6/29/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…?” Chapter 3 “The Basketball Game” By Bruce Williams I had the opportunity to attend a basketball game at my former high school earlier this year with three old friends, two of which I hadn’t seen in over thirty years. Gone were the swagger, posturing […]
Column: “That Got Me to Thinking…?”; Fantasy Baseball!
6/22/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…?” Chapter 2 “Fantasy Baseball” By Bruce Williams I’ve had a fantasy baseball team for 28 years now. That first year I was still working at The Seattle Times, and we had just six teams including my friend John and myself (both still going—and […]
Souls of Hope must not be Wasted
6/11/2020 By Paul Beattie In 5 days we lost two beautiful souls, two young men taken from their families and our society. 17-year-old Tyrenn Smith died as a passenger in a tragic car accident the night before he was to fly to re-join his Mom in a move from Kent […]
Heartfelt Message
5/31/20 By Paul Beattie The title of this piece is as simple as I can make it. This is a long piece and I hope you will read it all for the full impact of my point to this writing. We are facing such hard times right now in this […]
