In the days when I was taller
In the days when I was taller than you,
We would roam the fields
And the skunk weeds we plucked from
Under sun drenched alders would open
Other worlds containing dinosaurs.
Home of the brave
Home of the free
Home of the homeless
how can this be?
The scenes lay
The midst of may
Before their worlds dismay
As a soldier
Prepares for leave
I’ve always considered the library the fantastic place to “shop” on a shoestring. At the library, you can cart home bags of items to try, read/watch/listen to them—or not—and take ‘em back without guilt.
Al Dennis Jr. sells sweets in one life and poetry in another.
Dennis is a customer sales executive for The Hershey Company with an office in Maple Valley, and he is also the author of “Fearless Stains,” a book of poetry and photographs. Dennis describes the work as an anthology of his life.
The Kiwanis Club of Covington sponsored a series of holiday celebrations Friday and Saturday including a pancake breakfast Saturday at St. John the Baptist Church in Covington, a fruitcake throw and the lighting of the city Christmas tree.
At any given moment, there must be 100,000 of us trying to fit in, and finding it next to impossible. Here’s a wonderful portrayal of that difficulty, by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, who lives in Astoria, New York.
Santa Claus arrived at Black Diamond Community Center riding a King County Fire District No. 44 fire truck Friday, Dec. 3.
Rainier Youth Choirs will present its annual holiday choral concert, Making Spirits Bright, 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.
The concert will be at Kent United Methodist Church at 11010 S.E. 248th St., Kent.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra invites the community to sing-a-long to holiday favorites 7 p.m. Saturday Dec. 11.
There are a number of things to weigh before giving a pet to a family as a gift during the holiday season, including selecting the right companion.
Hey Taliban man
chase my blues away.
We ain’t in the mood
to play with you dude,
‘cause you ambushed,
shot and killed
Sergeant Larry Rougle
just yesterday.
So, hey Taliban man –
What’s on your mind today?
To be stumped by the very last crossword puzzle you ever will work on, well, that’s defeat, but a small and amusing defeat. Here George Bilgere, a poet from Ohio, gives us a picture of his mother’s last day on earth.
Tracie Lozano photographed these snow scenes during the Nov. 22 and 23 snowstorm in the Diamond Hills development in Maple Valley.
Art students were showing their stuff for the first time Nov. 19 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center and it was a dazzling display of line, color and execution.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Council presented the student art show and the participants were from from Cheryl Renee Long’s Fabulous Flowing Watercolor classes and Michael Lentz’s Figure Drawing class.
Oh man, this is hard to do… I have a confession to make.
I have purchased, I have in my possession and when the mood strikes me just right I do occasionally listen to the newest Katy Perry album.
Please, please don’t tell anybody.
If people find out about this it will obliterate any amount of street cred I may have.
It was a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings at the Black Diamond Community Center Wednesday.
The dinner was scheduled for Tuesday. The snowstorm caused the event to be rescheduled, but no one minded. It was an afternoon of good food and conversation.
The Black Diamond Elementary School PTA and Girl Scouts Troop 41624 served up a free Thanksgiving feast Sunday at the school.
Along with dinner there were crafts for the children and musical entertainment.
The snow storm that hit the area beginning Monday cause many traffic problems, but it also created a picture-postcard world of white.
Three area photographers sent in their photographs and are presented in this slide show.
Those of us who live in the country equate the word “development” with displacement, and it has often been said that subdivisions are named for what they replace, like Woodland Glade. Here’s a writer from my state, Nebraska, Stephen Behrendt, with a poem about what some call progress.
