Another year under their belt. All the Dads and Grads out there celebrating their accomplishments! I now am the proud parent of a college graduate myself. My daughter Paisley, graduated cum laude, with her bachelors in Health Services Administration, and minors in Psychology and Business. Next year, she will complete her Masters in Business and …
My kids, Paisley and Charlie, and my surrogate kids Jesse and Natalie, and their friend Daniel, were all at the Route 91 Concert, in Las Vegas, last weekend. It’s been only a week since the people at that concert lost their lives, were wounded or lost their sense of peace within their hearts, minds and …
You know I’ve thought long and hard about writing something regarding our policies and procedures at Stanwood High School. The food fight fiasco last week was really the final straw. When my daughter began attending SHS in 2008, the way the school was run was vastly different. Not vastly different from other schools (which allowed a …
New Year’s is always about starting over, isn’t it? Reflecting on the past but envisioning the future. It usually lasts a week, along with the resolutions, and then the reality of life settles in, along with the routine? This past year has definitely been one to reflect on. The events that happened in October were …
So I love this author! A little while ago my mom and sister recommended this series to me and I have to admit I wasn’t too sure about it. They said it was about this woman, Charley Davidson, who is a Grim Reaper yet also like an every day person/private investigator. People that have died, …
Last Friday I went to my first full day training as a volunteer for Hospice of Northwest I came away inspired and energized! It was about ten and a half years ago when hospice first entered my life. Chuck, my father-in-law, had been diagnosed for the last time with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. His doctors told us …
So, I was writing my welcome page today and thinking about springtime. The Sea Archer, coming out in the fall, is about the descendants of Apollo, Poseidon, and Demeter. Many people know the story of Demeter albeit through Persephone and Hades but if not here’s one simplified version. Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility …
December 1, 1944 USS Ajax (AR-6) off San Diego, Wikipedia Hi Bea Darling How are you and Andy tonight? I’m fine here. We sure had a swell day again today. But gee time sure drags. What are you doing today? I bet you went to the show this afternoon. Did you see a good show? …
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GRADUATION 2018 Ah, bands playing pomp and circumstance, caps, gowns, tassels and diplomas. Sitting on bleachers feeling your butt go numb and praying if the speakers’ speech is long, let it at least be entertaining. I watched one of my son’s best friends graduate a couple of weekends ago from Gonzaga and I felt like …
My name is Leo Richard and I was born May 11, 1920, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. My parents George and Mabel were cousins (I know, I know), so each had the last name of Rudy. They were so excited to have their firstborn and baptized me at St. John’s Lutheran Church in the middle of …
