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Fighting for a word whose meaning has taken a beating | Whale’s Tales
As readers of this column may know by now, I am a word person.
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The road to my heart is filled with paw prints | Whale’s Tales
We got her from a friend of Ann’s, as one of the two remaining pups from a litter…
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Have lunch with someone who disagrees with you | Whale’s Tales
On March 8, I met a reader and sometime critic of this column for lunch.
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Still finding ways to stand in the sunshine | Whale’s Tales
As readers of this column may know by now, I am a terminal cancer patient.
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Confessions of a klutz: Was I cursed from the cradle? | Whale’s Tales
For most of my life, that’s how I felt about myself.
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A few thoughts on those ‘cultural elites’ | Whale’s Tales
It stuns me how often we are guilty of doing the very thing we complain about and despise…
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Sometimes the goofy stuff is good enough | Whale’s Tales
The authors of “Un novo guia conversação em portuguez e inglez” (“A new guide for conversation in Portugese…
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History has always been about human beings | Whale’s Tales
Years ago, the late journalist Harry Reasoner said this on a CBS historical documentary: “The past is like…
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It’s tough being a pint-sized, bony geek among the big guys | Whale’s Tales
When I was a kid, a dude two or three years older and bigger than I was might…
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Strange tales from life at University of Washington | Whale’s Tales
I have many treasured memories from my four years at the University of Washington, and to this day,…
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Let’s leave bridge building to the bridge builders | Whale’s Tales
I have been thinking a lot about an alarming trend in this nation that appears to elevate ignorance.
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Let’s dive into a timeless treasure trove of family films | Whale’s Tales
Watching the 8mm Whale family films my dad shot when we were kids on the old Kodak takes…
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The long-lasting impact of a parent’s words | Whale’s Tales
Why, oh why, do parents do this to the children they profess to love?
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Behind the scenes in the quest for fame | Whale’s Tales
I watched a documentary 15 years ago in which a reporter asked a group of kids what they…
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When your mind wanders into heavy traffic | Whale’s Tales
Before I even set out from my chemotherapy and radiation treatment in Puyallup on Monday to the office…
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Winning the battle against cancer by a whisker | Whale’s Tales
It all came to my attention one morning that formerly bewhiskered areas of my face were now bare.
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One of the most beautiful things I have ever read | Whale’s Tales
I am a fool for a great read.
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With prescription labels, try reading the tiny fine print | Whale’s Tales
It has been one of the chief frustrations of my daily battle with the awful side effects of…
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We are facing an epidemic of blame shifting | Whale’s Tales
Now I’m starting to do all the healthful things I should have been doing all along. It won’t…
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Once upon a time when the truth still mattered | Whale’s Tales
We’re beating each other over the heads with “alternate facts.” It’s the tolling of our death knell as…