Category Archives: Reading
200 Women
200 Women (2019, 278 pages) This book has found a permanent home on my mail table, sitting among a huge stack of coffee table books. It quickly became my ultimate “waiting” book—the one I read while waiting for others to … Continue reading
The Gardener of Alcatraz
The Gardener of Alcatraz, by Emma Bland Smith (39 pages, 2022)I picked this book up recently while visiting Alcatraz Island, and it was an absolute treasure of a find. The path leading around the western side of the island actually … Continue reading
Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: Key Differences
In a recent letter from “Angry DIL”, the letter writer was complaining about the cost of keeping her 90-year-old mother-in-law in a senior facility. She wrote ” During this time, I found that the normally excellent Medicare she has yearly … Continue reading
Library levy: ‘Crucial importance’
Re: “Prop. No. 1, property tax levy for the Seattle Public Library: Vote no” (July 14, Opinion): I strongly disagree with the editorial urging voters to be against Prop. 1, the proposed property tax levy for Seattle Public Libraries. Our … Continue reading
