Flycatcher File

The following was originally published in the Puyallup Herald With the approach of Memorial Day I begin to think of all who have served i...

The following was originally published in the Puyallup Herald. Did you catch PK Dwyer's show recently at the Puyallup Farmer's M...

Guest column: Fundraisers have definitely changed significantly Opinion - The Puyallup Herald My fellow 2011 Herald Guest Columnist, Diane J...

A teacher at "Education Nation" suggested that union rules regarding the teaching day limited her ability to meet the needs of her...

Many people have succeeded in life by pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, as the saying goes. These people are to be admired for thei...

I wrote about this issue recently.

In the paper this morning: "blobs of tar washed up at an Alabama beach full of swimmers... the ominous arrival of the sticky substance...

I'm angry at British Petroleum. That iconic " BP " logo that I first noticed in movies and images of motor sports events is no...

When I was a new teacher I spent an average of ten hours a day at school. That does not include weekends, when I often put in an additional ...

I am not religious. I haven't attended church on a regular basis since I was about fifteen years old. To that point I was a Roman Cathol...

This morning I saw a cat using the sandbox, and by sandbox I don't mean litter box. In a neighbor's yard is a child's sandbox an...

We've been hearing a lot about the "socialist agenda" of President Obama. Forcing people to buy health insurance? Socialism! B...

What I like about the health care bill: No denial of coverage for preexisting conditions. No dropping of coverage for people who become si...

Horned Grebe Originally uploaded by M.B.Brown It was a gray Sunday, but a pair of very cooperative Horned Grebes led to this photo. The two ...

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

School success isn’t about race; it’s about parents Other voices - The News Tribune This is an enlightening piece in the News Tribune.

The Washington State Legislature is busy working on new ed "reform." Fifteen years ago or so, when I was still relatively new to e...

I have yet to really embrace the verb "to bird." I grew up knowing it as bird watching because that's what Dad called it. Many...

I continue to be amazed at the resiliance of the Anna's Hummingbird. One or more always seem to hang around my feeder throughout the win...

Mitt Romney today defended his Mormon faith in public. Among other things he argued that many citizens are trying to remove use of the word ...

The latest radical Islamic brouhaha occurring in Sudan convinces me more than ever that religious conservatives of any stripe are out of the...

This morning in a local paper a reader whined about the passage of HJR 4204. The whining was aimed at Seattle, the great satan of Washington...

Global warming and global economy. Separate concepts, right? But is the global economy driving global warming? Free trade agreements are the...

My perception of what homeland security means is not what the Department of Homeland Security wants it to be. DHS wants me to worry about fl...

Last August while our house was being painted I took down my two hummingbird feeders. Just recently, I cleaned one of them in preparation fo...

In recent weeks there have been two stories in the papers about wildlife threats to pets. One was local, the other from another part of the ...

For a couple of weeks now I've been observing a large flock of geese on my way to work. They have been reliably found in a field between...

Less than half an hour ago I pulled into my driveway, opened the door, and started gathering my things, when a flash of blue swooped into th...