Crafters and quilters yard sale | May 19
Here’s an opportunity to shop for your craft supplies in one spot or if you have a closet full of extra fabric, paper, ribbon, rick rack, thread, patterns, etc., then this is the place for you.
May 13, 2012
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Taos | Poem by Jillena Rose
The paintings of Georgia O’Keefe taught us a lot about bones in the desert, but there’s more to learn, and more to think our way into. Here’s a fine poem by Jillena Rose, who lives in Michigan.
OPENING TOMORROW: ManeStage season continues with 'You Can't Take it With You'
The play received both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award, and details the humorous encounters between a delightfully eccentric household and a conservative family has delighted audiences for generations.
May 11, 2012
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Children's Day | Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington
On Sunday, May 6, 2012, from 11 am to 5 pm, the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) will host a free event dedicated to celebrating Children’s Day.
Pity the Beautiful | Poem by Dana Gioia
Dana Gioia, who served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, did a marvelous job of bringing the arts to Americans, arguably the best job that anyone in that position has done. He was a fine poet before he took that job, and he is a fine poet after. Here’s an example of his recent work.
Pierce County library website for military personnel and their families
With approximately 100,000 soldiers and their families living in the Pierce County area, the Library System strives to provide library services for military families.
April 29, 2012
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Isaac’s Blessing | Poem by Janet Eigner
Here’s a fine poem about family love and care by Janet Eigner, who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can feel that blessing touch the crown of your head, can’t you?
Children improve reading skills with trained dogs at Pierce County Library System
Children will build important reading fundamentals with the help of a dog during free events at Pierce County Library System.
April 28, 2012
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Red Balloon Rising | Poem by Laurel Blossom
E.B. White, one of my favorite writers, used to say, “Simplify, simplify, simplify,” but that doesn’t mean that writing has to be simple, which is a different matter. Here’s a fine poem by Laurel Blossom of South Carolina that’s been simplified into a pure, clean beauty.
Anglers get more days to catch chinook on lower Columbia River
The sport fishery for spring chinook salmon on the lower Columbia River has been extended through April 22 to allow anglers to catch more hatchery-reared fish available for harvest.
April 14, 2012
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Meet author Jamie Ford tomorrow | Pierce County READS
Ford will first be available in the Arts and Allied Health Building of Pierce College in Puyallup at 12 p.m. Pierce College is located at 1601 39th Ave. S.E.
April 12, 2012
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