8/3/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 8 “Gift Giving” By Bruce Williams As I was getting ready for work this morning, I spied a coupon book that my daughter Louie made as a Father’s Day gift at least three years ago.  Filled with all sorts of thankless tasks (foot rubs, cleaning her room—and my…

7/27/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 7 “Permann” By Bruce Williams   Hopefully everyone has the opportunity to have a best friend growing up–one whose parents know you as well as (or better) than your own, whose clothes you might borrow, whom you might be just as likely to fight with as you would…

7/20/20 “That Got me to Thinking…?” Chapter 6 “Walkabouts” By Bruce Williams Walking is generally my source of exercise these days, and I try to get out with the dog and do at least four miles everyday.  Somedays I’ll get ambitious and go as far as nine miles (sans dog) while I’m listening to classic…

7/6/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…?” Chapter 4 “The Dairymen’s Angels” By Bruce Williams Following my sisters’ fastpitch softball team around the state in the ‘70’s (being the youngest of three kids, I had no choice) in the family’s Weekender camper to such broken-compass locales as Packwood, Wenatchee, Puyallup and Kelso proved formative—providing a true…

6/29/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…?” Chapter 3 “The Basketball Game” By Bruce Williams I had the opportunity to attend a basketball game at my former high school earlier this year with three old friends, two of which I hadn’t seen in over thirty years.  Gone were the swagger, posturing and pointed barbs of male…

6/22/2020 “That Got Me to Thinking…?” Chapter 2 “Fantasy Baseball” By Bruce Williams   I’ve had a fantasy baseball team for 28 years now.  That first year I was still working at The Seattle Times, and we had just six teams including my friend John and myself (both still going—and his grown sons are now…