The other night my husband and I were watching the news and there was a sports item about a relief pitcher pitching a record number of outs or something. I don’t really care; what piqued my interested was the term “relief pitcher.” I’d heard the term before, but I was suddenly curious to know what a relief pitcher was. Was it really what it sounded like? Was it really a pitcher who steps in to give relief to the main pitcher?
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will be featuring Hank Davis this Saturday, Sept. 24.
Hank is a guitarist, singer, writer and the technical director of The Victory Review.
The Maple Valley Weight Watchers will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Friday at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
People have been learning to cook since our ancient ancestors discovered fire, and most of us learn from somebody who knows how. I love this little poem by Daniel Nyikos of Utah, for its contemporary take on accepting directions from an elder, from two elders in this instance.
If you’re a person with a penchant for seasonal decorating, why not fashion the interior of your home with change in mind? By planning ahead, you can make it easy to modify your surroundings to be seasonally- or even holiday-appropriate.
Eating too much salt and too little potassium is not only bad for your health, it may significantly increase the risk of premature death, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
We all hope our children’s lives will be better than our own, and invest in that hope in a variety of ways. Here Michael Ryan of California compares what we can provide for them with what we can’t.
It’s been almost a hundred days since the government released the latest update of its Dietary Guidelines. For the last 30 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have jointly given their recommendations for healthy eating to the American public – obviously without much success.
The Maple Valley Creative Art Center will hold an opening night reception 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9
We had never been to Wild Waves theme park before last week. The kids had been asking me to take them for years and I promised them I would take them before the end of the summer. So with the end of summer breathing down my neck, I looked up the hours and prices. I discovered you can get in for only $20 after 4 p.m. in the last three hours of operation.
South Dakota poet Leo Dangel has written some of the best and truest poems about rural life that I’m aware of. Here’s a fine one about a chance discovery.
The city of Black Diamond has scheduled a Labor Day celebration Sept. 3-5.
Nanette Hogan will be featured at the Maple Valley Creative Center’s open mic night this Saturday, Aug. 27.
The final Music in the Park performance of 2011 in Lake Wilderness Park will at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.
A community-wide fresh fruit pie baking contest is set for Saturday Aug. 27 at our local Farmers Market. There will be three age divisions for this contest – youth (17 & under), adult (18-49) and senior (50 & over). Pie submissions must be fresh fruit pies only; no tarts, crisps, creams, meringues, pumpkins, custards.
Most week nights we eat together at the table. It’s a time to decompress and connect as a family. In the summer our eating schedule gets off, but because my husband still has a work schedule, I try to cook dinner and gather the kids for the meal.
I’ve always been fascinated by miniatures of all kinds, the little glass animals I played with as a boy, electric trains, dollhouses, and I think it’s because I can feel that I’m in complete control. Everything is right in its place, and I’m the one who put it there. Here’s a poem by Kay Mullen, who lives in Washington, about the art of bonsai.
Cheryl Long’s watercolor class and Michael Lentz’s portrait drawing class are hosting an opening night 4-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 at the Creative Arts Center.
The Black Diamond Community Center will be hosting a beginning stained glass art class this September. The class runs for seven weeks, each Wednesday morning, from Sept. 7-Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Dace Anderson wants you to close out the summer by eating, drinking and being merry at Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy’s third annual fundraiser set for 4 p.m. on Aug. 27.
