Thoughts For The Day From Papa 'a

Good Morning All & Happy Tuesday!  One more day until St. Patrick’s Day for all you Irish folks or Irish wannabes!  Here’s to Corned Beef and Cabbage and the “luck ‘o the Irish”! Speaking of celebrations, Happy Birthday to Olympia friend and British Columbia trout fishing buddy Judy; to friend and human resources professional extraordinaire…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Friday! Happy Birthday wishes go to civil rights champion, congressman & former UN Ambassador Andrew Young, who is 89 today; to actress/singer Liza Minnelli of “Caberet” movie fame, who turns 75 today; to singer/songwriter extraordinaire James Taylor, who is 73 today and to actor Courtney B. Vance of “Where In…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Tuesday! My newest grandchild, little miss Tempa Joanne Newbold (Tempa Jo), has been breathing on her own since Sunday afternoon and her parents, Jake & Sarah, have been able to spend time with her in the NICU at Sacred Heart Medical Center, holding, cuddling and loving on her.  This is…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Monday!  The first day of March today!!!  Spring is coming! I could sure use some warmer weather and lots more sunshine and blue skies, how about you?  Not to mention all the colorful flowers and blossoms! Happy Birthday wishes go to family friend, Danny, who celebrates his 45th birthday today;…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Thursday! My granddaughter, little miss Tempa Joanne Newbold, continues to fight on this morning…Prayers are asked for a good outcome for her.  She has some VERY rare medical conditions for a newborn, that requires a lot of “thinking outside the box” to come up with effective treatments for her to…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Monday! “Rainy days and Monday always seem to get me down” to coin a phrase from a Carpenters hit song of the 1970s seems to capture how I’m feeling this morning… Little miss Tempa Joanne Newbold continues to fight on this morning.  An EEG was done last night to see…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Friday! Well, winter still has its grip on Spokane…some new snow last night!  It looks like many communities across America are dealing with more winter weather…my heart goes out to folks in Texas, who seem to have been especially hard with power outages right in the middle of plunging temperatures. …Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Thursday! On this day in 1885, “The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was published…(for all you Mark Twain fans out there!). Happy Birthday wishes go John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, who turns 88 today; to actress & model Cybill Shepherd, who is 71 today; to rock musician Robbie…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Tuesday! Well, I got to spend the day yesterday with my granddaughter June and grandson Izaak (Ike) and ain’t life grand!  What fun to be with them!  They are both so wonderful (can you tell I’m a little biased?).  We had a grand time reading books, playing with cars &…Read more

Good Morning All & Happy Friday! Happy Birthday to friend Dusti in Spokane…wife, mother and lover of souls extraordinaire and to friend, former client, banker and lover of golf (a champion of “First Tee”) extraordinaire Tom in Spokane!  Here’s to you two on your special day of celebration! Happy Birthday wishes also go to former…Read more