I arrived at Fire District 3’s main station promptly at 8 a.m. I was dressed in the required uniform of the day, dark pants and… Continue reading
I wrote this column following the Parkland shooting after thinking about ways to move beyond our inaction to answering, truly solving, the questions surrounding mass… Continue reading
The reward for good work is usually more good work. This is certainly the case for Fire District 3 providing emergency services to greater Sequim,… Continue reading
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is the powerful statement of the values of our country. “Congress shall make… Continue reading
Am I just old and out of the loop or is there really something unsocial about social media? I may be the only old, loopless… Continue reading
Wild Pacific salmon and I have a history. My dad was a commercial fisherman who fished the waters of Alaska, usually for salmon and halibut,… Continue reading
“Not again; please … not again. We were having coffee the last morning before our return from what was a wonderfully relaxing and contemplative trip… Continue reading
The human brain is said to fully develop sometime between our mid-twenties and 30 years of age. As with most things, brain maturity varies with… Continue reading
Editor’s note: The following column includes sensitive subject matter. — MD How is it possible that more than 150 girls, gymnasts when children, were sexually… Continue reading
I’m from Norway! Well, not really. I was born in Seattle, but my father and three of four of my grandparents were native Norwegians. The… Continue reading
Transactional. My love of words and curiosity about their use cause me to ponder the fashion of using one word over another. Why is it… Continue reading
We can’t say we weren’t warned that someday change would overtake us. I remember decades ago seeing a table displaying the rate of societal change… Continue reading
Last Christmas, we attended a holiday open house in our neighborhood. The evening was festive with friendship, conversation and good food. One thing stands out… Continue reading
The President appointed his Director of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney as acting director when the bureau’s director resigned. Mulvaney is a former Congressman who… Continue reading
Whatever we do as decent men and women in the midst of all these voices coming forward and telling us their most grievous, humiliating, intimate… Continue reading
Occasionally, I am asked how I come up with column ideas every couple of weeks. I have no good answers; they just come. I can… Continue reading
“Bring Grandpa some of his favorite tea. The kind with an ounce of Pernod in it,” shouted his Grandson with desperation in his voice. “And… Continue reading
It’s unbelievable! The response was fantastic. Never happened before. Said to be the greatest Halloween story ever. No one else has done it. No one… Continue reading
Different people have speculated that President Trump may be “gas-lighting” us. I had a vague recall of a movie called “Gaslight” in which a woman’s… Continue reading
I write this nearly a week before the strike deadline set by the teachers of Sequim School District to meet my deadline for submission. The… Continue reading
