I Will Remember

The reason we hide Easter eggs in plain sight.

When You Feel Lost Because You Have Lost So Much

Memories now. A flood of tears and memories. But one day. . ..

The Fragrance of A Single Life

When you lay your dearest treasure on all the earth to rest, what matters most.

Breathe, For The Moments You Need Inspiration

Today, as we will lay my wife to rest, it will rain. And the tears will fall. But what a message of hope.

She's A Keeper!

I caught the one in the middle. To keep is to treasure. A keepsake. A prized catch.

Finally Home

What love is

Baloney Sandwiches

For these things I am deeply indebted to the man who raised me.

Lead Me to The Rock

Where do you go when your heart is overwhelmed?

The Red Helmet, Part II

Like the connection between a ball and bat, so there is a connection between the Clover Park Timberwolves and the Lil' Crushers of Tillicum.

God Keeps A Journal

The ink well on heaven’s desk, does it contain ink?

We'll Fly Away

“If I had the wings of an angel, over these prison walls I would fly.”

Brothers

“Never reach the end of your life only to discover you have not lived.”

Yet

'Yet' is such a lovely little word although, typically, the context is one of turmoil.

Your 2nd Monthly Edition of the Tillicum News is Here!

And coming to our April 3 meeting will be Lakewood's new Police Chief Patrick Smith!

Hospice Care, Home and the Path Ahead

What you can see when the path grows steep.

The End of the Journey

The end, inexorably, inevitably comes but not without tears.

A Wedding Ring Reminder

My wedding ring saved my finger and my wife’s played a part in saving her life.

The Tillicum Meetings Are Back!

This Feb.6, 6:30 p.m., Tillicum Community Center, 14916 Washington Ave. SW.

Learning Life's Lessons

Learn your lessons well. It's a matter of survival.

Safe at Home

One of my favorite baseball memories illustrating the importance of a dad's instruction.

Frosty the Facsimile Snowman

Snow melts and garbage is hauled away, so time will tell whether the truth was told.

Entering the Forest We've Been Taught to Fear

What happens when a young child, prepared for her search for the truth, dares to enter?

Much Ado About Nothing

Like a book on virtues for young people in the Fiction section, the discipline required for character development is anymore passé.

Where Dreams Come True

We are transported through the text and the turning of the pages to remote places where we relive our own love story.

Spider-Man Learns A Lesson

Late at night, the toys still on the display shelves in the toy sections of stores everywhere come to life.

It Happens This Time of Year, Every Year

The monster truck arrives at the nativity. Again.

Our Hearts, Hard-wired for Home

On this 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, as Americans pause to remember, a reflection on what it means not to be going home after all.

Steilacoom Historical School District's Bond Proposition is Vital

Supporting the Best Education for Every Student and our Growing Community. Special Election is on Feb. 14, 2023.

The Gift of Time

Before my life’s watch unwinds and my time ends.

​Are You a School Board Candidate?

Then this training may be for you.

Turning The Page

In the troubles and questions and tears, there are treasured, precious moments.

"Are You Coming Grandpa?"

She wanted me to see, to take her little hand, to be there, to stand with her, to walk together.

On Getting Where We Need To Go

In my hurry through the misery of where I needed to go, I almost missed it.

Deliver

Life, like baseball, means we must choose.

I Will Remember

Regaining perspective - the 'gift' of grief.

Before The Lights Go Out

It is very dark when that which is meant to light our way - and that of others - doesn't.

Tomatoes - Harbingers of Hope

What was a tomato plant doing in the middle of such devastation?

Just Across A Crowded Room

And so it was, from a glance across a crowded room on campus at the University of Washington, that it all began.

Steilacoom's Apple Squeeze is back! Join us Oct. 2

Join us Oct. 2, 10 AM- 4 PM in downtown Steilacoom

Is Racial Discrimination on the Clover Park School Board Agenda?

As of Saturday, June 4, 2022, no agenda has been provided to the public for the June 13, 2022, public meeting of the CPSD. However . . .