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Good Morning All & Happy Sunday! Here’s to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the great civil rights leader, whose birthday we celebrate tomorrow during the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday!  May all of us follow the principles he championed…that all of us should be judged not by the color of our skin, but by…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Friday! Some terrific people have birthdays tomorrow, January 15th…long-time friend and financial planner extraordinaire, Mike Sheridan; lover of souls and veterinarian extraordinaire Kim Tanguay; and childhood friend and fellow member of the “Amazing Class of ’73” at Olympia High School, Vickie Meneghetti-MacMillan.  Here’s to all of you on your special…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Wednesday! One of the greatest gifts of this life is having good friends and these past few weeks have shown us just how blessed we are by the friends we have around us.  Yesterday, our friends Marsha & Earl prepared a delicious dinner and treats for us and it was…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Tuesday! It’s been good to have my brother, Matt, come for a visit from his home in Seattle.  He spent some time with our mom, Chris, and is heading to Wyoming & Utah for some extended camping & hiking adventures in the coming weeks (before the snow flies!).  While he…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Monday! I love “Indian Summer” days…how about you?  Autumn is “in the air,” as there is a bit of a “tinge” in the air and the mornings are a bit colder.  It’s hard to describe, but there’s something about the way the sun hits the trees and the vividness of…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Sunday! We’re nearing the end of August already!  Wow, how time flies! Speaking of time, it’s just about time for our newest grandchild, Rowan Ezra Cathey, to make his entrance into this world of ours.  How about that!  Very exciting.  Prayers are lifted up that all goes smoothly for baby…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Tuesday! A great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beloved friend, Bert, who celebrates his 84th birthday today!  Here’s to you, my friend!  As Mr. Spock of “Star Trek” fame was always fond of saying…”Live Long And Prosper.”  Our world is a much better place because of Bert! Speaking of birthday…Read more

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday All! It’s a scorcher in Spokane today…110 degrees in the shade predicted.  Wow!  Talk about global warming! Today we celebrate the birthdays of high school friend Bill, former yell king for the Olympia High School Bears extraordinaire and a personality bigger than life; and good friend Luci, recent graduate of…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Thursday! Happy Birthday today to friends Suzy, of “Apollo Spas” fame in Spokane (now Las Vegas) and Mark, East Spokane Kiwanis friend, fellow member of People For Effective Government (PEG) and financial planner extraordinaire who celebrates is 59th birthday!  Here’s to both of you on your special day of celebration! …Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Friday to all you “T.G.I.F. Fan Club Members” out there! We came home early from The Tana House yesterday, as little miss Tempa started to experience a series of seizures, something that we knew could start happening with NKH, but weren’t really prepared for it, as Tempa was going along…Read more