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At 92 years of age, she has been a better watch dog than one could hope for
BY LOUISE R. SMITH | July 19, 2024 at 7:24 p.m.
Of Fork Tines and Family
I’d rather it be used and my child accidentally broke it than it sat like a display
Relevance and Cheap Perfume
Today we find our heroines eating lunch at one of their favorite Thai restaurants in Fremont and discussing being ‘relevant’ in later years of life
The Wisdom of Intermissions
I know where we went wrong. It’s the simple fact that there are no more intermissions in the movies.
Now Hear This
I ignored all suggestions that I just try out a hearing aid. I was convinced it would be uncomfortable and noisy
Midnight Swim
The water felt like silk as I slid through it... I would roll onto my back and float, gazing up into the star-studded blackness of the sky and feeling as one with the night around me
Living Life Unretouched
Grandpa grinned. "Don't grow up too fast, monkey. Just enjoy being young."
Juneteenth
On June 19, 1890, African American families from Seattle and Tacoma gather in Kent to celebrate the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the United States
Happy Father's Day
My dad was a “hardware man,” the guy who could always find the exact tool the customer was looking for at Morse Hardware in Bellingham
Granddaughter’s Questions
My oldest granddaughter interviewed me this week for her project on grandparents
The Bruise: A Seattle Reminiscence
Florence was 19 and I was 12 when it happened. It was evening, and she was dressed in her party dress and high heels, her bobbed, chestnut-brown hair carefully combed
Clothes Shopping -- Ugh!
I really dislike clothes shopping, Dawn. I think I’d rather go to the dentist.
Who Called the Cops?
I was expecting that my 94th birthday might be fairly low key, with family members only and no fuss. It was far from that.
Memories of Frank Sinatra from Northwest Prime Time Readers
Many "Northwest Prime Time" Readers remain fans of Frank Sinatra after all these years
