Perhaps there’s a kind of afterlife that is made up of our memories of a departed person, especially as these cling to that person’s belongings. Bruce Snider, who lives and teaches in California, suggests that here.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Farrington Foundation remind kids there’s still time this summer to enter a film contest focusing on a favorite state park.
here are no stars tonight
But those of memory.
Yet how much room for memory there is
In the loose girdle of soft rain.
On Thursday, July 25, RAMROD, an organized recreational bicycle ride, will bring 800 participating bicyclists through the roads of Mount Rainier National Park and surrounding areas.
Tonight’s Music off Main presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. at Heritage Park in downtown Sumner.
The show will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from July 20 to August 11, in the Sumner Performing Arts Center.
It is a well-known fact that immigrants to the United States tend to adapt to our eating habits rather quickly, which is not always to their advantage from a health perspective. But it is also true that our established food preferences are being continuously transformed and expanded due to new influences from around the world.
Cap’n Arrr stopped at Allan Yorke Park today for the second week of Kids Club. The interactive comedy show had kids of all ages walking like a pirate and enjoying the sun!
Water is optimal for quenching your thirst and it’s important for many bodily functions, but many people just get bored with it and yearn for something else.
Dear Stephanie and Bruce: One of my fitness goals this summer is to ride my bike weekly for fun; however, I don’t feel comfortable riding on the road. Can you recommend a few paved trails to try and also provide some tips for making the rides enjoyable? Renee, age 44
Stephanie Norton-Bredl is the health and wellbeing director at the Auburn Valley YMCA and may be contacted at snortonbredl@seattleymca.org. Bruce deJong is a group exercise instructor at the Auburn Valley YMCA and may be contacted at bruce@bicyclebootcamp.com.
This week’s editorial cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr. shows a Boeing employee watching the San Francisco plane crash, with a tear running down his cheek.