With recent advances in neurology, people are becoming more aware of treatment options that are available – whether it’s for something as common as a migraine headache or whether it’s a medical emergency such as a stroke. Here are some of the common questions I hear when people visit my offic
Learning to spin alpaca yarn with Kathy Batzelle of Alpacas at Morning Star Ranch
My youngest daughter has long, naturally blonde hair. I’ve read somewhere that blondes have more hair. That must be true, because my daughter’s blond hair is everywhere. It’s in the car, on the furniture, on the clean clothes I hang to dry, on the beds, on the floor, tangled around animals, and stuck in my sweatshirt sleeves and pajamas. I can’t be suspicious of my husband when he comes home from work with a long blonde hair stuck on his shoulder. It probably hitched a ride there all day.
Those of us who have gone back home to attend a reunion of classmates may have felt the strangeness of being a vaguely familiar person among others who, too, seem vaguely familiar. Dana Gioia, who served the country for four years as the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, is an accomplished poet and a noted advocate for poetry.
Fostering Together’s Maple Valley support group will host a picnic for families on Aug. 23 at the Maple Valley Community Center. It is open to all foster families, as well as anyone interested in finding out about fostering children in our community.
Here is a lovely poem by Robert Cording, a poet who lives in Connecticut, which shows us a fresh new way of looking at something commonplace. That’s the kind of valuable service a poet can provide.
This summer I’ve been trying to get my two teen daughters into some sort of a summer routine.
I’ve been limiting their electronics to try and promote balance in their lives. This has been met with nothing but resistance.
I’d guess that nearly everyone is aware that time seems to speed up as we age. Whenever I say that something happened ten years ago, my wife reminds me that it was twenty. Here’s a poem about time by the distinguished Maryland poet, Linda Pastan.
When President Obama first ran for office, he insisted that his candidacy would not even have been possible at any other time in history or anywhere else on earth. He banked on the possibility of the – until then – unthinkable. He knew that change, no matter how unlikely, would come if enough people believed in it, and he was right.
A golf tournament aimed at raising money for The Jennifer Beach Foundation, a local child abuse and domestic violence program, is looking for players and sponsors for its third annual event.
Food in a family is a precarious thing. Everyone has their likes and dislikes and finding a balance is a challenge for moms everywhere. I have learned to pick my battles.
For author Sarah Gerdes, who lives near Maple Valley, the path to publication has been nontraditional.
It is estimated that one out of five Americans enjoys spending time bird watching, or birding, and here’s a poem for some of those people by Kathleen M. McCann, who lives in Massachusetts. I especially like the way she captures the egret’s stealthy motion in the second stanza.
Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will have an Open Mic night 7:00 p.m. Saturday July 23 .
Deposits are being taken for Fundamentals of Drawing from Life with Michael class at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
Homeless people, compassion and human dignity are the major topics of “The Ave.,” a new play written by Maple Valley resident Ed Corrigan.
An open audition for “THE AVE.” will be held 6:00 p.m. Monday July 25 at the Maple Valley Arts Center
Humans first prized horses for their strength and speed, but we have since been captivated by their beauty, their deep eyes and mysterious silences. Here’s a poem by Robert Wrigley, who lives in Idaho, where the oldest fossilized remains of the modern horse were found.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center features open mic night the second and fourth Saturday of the month at The Leaf at 7 p.m.
I usually plan my summers in January. It makes me feel warmer to plan summer camping in the middle of winter. Plus there are a lot more sites available at the state parks in the middle of winter. So I did it again this year, not anticipating the changes that were coming my way this summer.
