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Book review Hold the Line – Michael Fanone and John Shiffman

On the first Tuesday of this month, Michael Fanone sat in his mountaintop cabin, watching the presidential election results roll in on TV. Back on January 6, 2021, Fanone was one of the 850 D.C. Metropolitan cops who had risked life and limb by self-deploying to the United States Capitol to assist the Capitol police force in protecting the seat of American democracy from a violent takeover attempt.


Book Review: The Air They Breathe

Reno, Nevada has the dubious distinction of being identified as the fastest-warming city in the country due to greenhouse gas emissions, and in recent years Hendrickson’s young patients are increasingly suffering from the effects of wildfire smoke, heat exhaustion, asthma, and even dangerous new virus outbreaks.


Lifelong learning “brews” up new insights

Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about the launch of her pilot project “Tempests and Teapots,” that explores lesser known facts in American Colonial History. Stay tuned for a presentation of “Tempests and Teapots,” coming soon in your neck of the woods.


Artists Draw Inspiration From Graphite

Graphite is also the name that Mary Olsen chose for the multi-use art hub she conceived of and built in Edmonds, Washington. And once you visit the place, you’ll recognize that the name is spot-on, because sketching in pencil – in other words, drawing with graphite – is often the first step in producing a work of art.


Shattering the Sugarplum Ceiling

Late last month, while the rest of the nation broiled under scorching weather conditions, three dogs cavorted under the watchful eye of Chris Montoya in the fenced parking lot outside of Dance Conservatory Seattle. In the Puget Sound region, it was a pleasant day with a high overcast, light breeze and mild temperature, allowing Ayla, Taiyo, and Gizzmo to enjoy their break outside before returning indoors to resume their duties as the dance school’s very enthusiastic greeters.


Front Lines of Democracy: At the Polling Place

Running a fair and transparent election process is fundamental to perpetuating our democracy, and it’s essential to have enough well-trained election workers to make that happen.


Books as Windows and Mirrors

The first impression one might get of Tanisha Brandon-Felder, Ed.D, is that she has one of the warmest smiles of just about anyone, anywhere.


Finding the True Value in Coins of Any Realm

From dentalium to tea bricks, from paper checks to wire transfers to plastic cards to cryptocurrency – over time, people have come up with many different methods of paying for goods and services. Not all of these have held up to the test of time, but metal coinage, has long earned a reputation for longevity.

 


Mixing Healthful Elixirs with Social Inclusion

In Tacoma, Washington, a 20-something entrepreneur has combined her faith, her culture, her business training and her commitment to healthy living to launch Aafiya Lounge. Currently, Raihab Baig is running her enterprise as an event mocktail catering service, searchable online via Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, but her aspiration is to open a bricks-and-mortar nonalcoholic venue in Tacoma sometime in the next year.


Unsung Hero: The Woman Behind “America the Beautiful”

The third song to be sung in the Super Bowl pre-game program is “America the Beautiful,” a perennial favorite in the nation’s canon of patriotic music. The Woman Behind America the Beautiful is an unsung hero. The song was written first as a poem by Katharine Lee Bates, a young Wellesley College professor.