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I cannot tell you how many times I’ve sat down to write, only to stare at an empty screen with a blinking cursor before me and realize I have nothing nice to say. more
It was the early 1990s in Azusa, California, where I was in college. It was December, it was finals week, and, needing to blow off stress, we went Christmas caroling. more
Cement making around the world releases so much carbon dioxide that if it were a country, it would be the third biggest source of CO2 pollution. more
Sure, you expect to laugh at lists of crazy Engrish menu mistranslations on social media, “Braised Dork with Bamboo Gunfires,” not to mention episodes of The Three Stooges. … more
‘Tis the season — for all those Mariah Carey horror memes. Truth to tell, I’ve actually never minded the song; it’s fine. The horror comes from having it repeated ad … more
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The KGHP studio on the campus of Peninsula High School is mostly dark these days. The station’s “On the Air” light brightens up the lonely hallways a few times a week … more
Key Peninsula voters elected John Pat Kelly to the board of fire commissioners and returned three incumbents to office on Nov. 7. … more
The last scheduled class for Teen Mental Health First Aid was completed Aug. 18 at the Key Peninsula Fire Department. Eleven of the 16 teens who began the class were present to complete the 90-minute … more
Violence tests us in unexpected ways. It strains our identity when the time comes to defend all those fancy principles we think we hold. I was already suitably humbled when I heard the … more
Fellow KPers — get thee to YouTube and watch “The Maple Cutter,” a 2023 documentary by Daniel Hoffman and Lynn M. Thomas. more
A few weeks ago, I flew home to Seattle from Missoula. I was looking forward to getting home, excited that the flight wasn’t more than an hour. I settled into my window seat and watched as the … more
As the countdown clock ticked away the waning days of summer, school and library boards around the country were besieged with demands to limit access to an ever-expanding list of books. more
I would like to skip the question about whether heaven exists, maybe another time, but let’s think about the idea of heaven. I’m sure some of you have a pretty clear picture, maybe based … more
Already I have lived longer than my dad and brothers. At 68 I find myself living happily in Longbranch after a lifetime as a third-generation Californian. We moved up to be closer to our grown kids … more
Beloved husband, father, grandfather and son, Rob Boll died Sept. 22 at the age of 61. Rob and his wife Kathy left the Gig Harbor area and moved to Independence, Kansas, last year, … more
On the evening of Sept. 16, we lost our matriarch. Elizabeth Jane Thompson died at her Longbranch home one month shy of her 100th birthday. The daughter of a naval officer, she spent … more
Steve Owen went to be with the Lord Sept. 12 at 5:02 a.m. He was 75 years old. Come join us to celebrate his life and hear Steve’s life story at noon, Nov. 11, at Gig Harbor Covenant Church … more
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