Category Archives: Environment

A Covid Journal – Day 2 of Self-Quarantine

Posted on March 12, 2020 by

By Bruce A. Smith March 12, 2020, 8 pm. Today has been peaceful. It’s been like a snow day without shoveling. Plus, the sun was shining – again (!) – and temperatures in Eatonville hovered near 60 degrees. So, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid-19, Culture, Eatonville News, Environment, Family, Politics, preparedness | 2 Comments

A Covid Journal – a report from the nation’s initial epicenter of the coronavirus

Posted on March 8, 2020 by

By Bruce A. Smith Friday, March 6, 2020 Since the world is freaking out about the Covid-19 virus, I thought I share a perspective on what is happening here in Washington. To begin, the epicenter of the outbreak in Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid-19, Culture, Environment, Health, Politics | 5 Comments

The Bernie Revolution comes to the Tacoma Dome – and perhaps the entire nation

Posted on February 27, 2020 by

By Bruce A. Smith Senator Bernie Sanders came to the Tacoma Dome on Monday, Feb. 17 and spoke to a Standing-Room Only audience of nearly 20,000 folks, revealing the powerful momentum his presidential campaign has developed. Sanders was in town … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Environment, Events, Politics | 5 Comments

Life in a Boy Scout Camp – More tales from Camp Wauwepex

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

By Clifton Lamar Jones Special to the Mountain News-WA The following was written after reading Bruce Smith’s accounting of his scouting history.  After reading his article I was so taken back with his heartfelt words of Camp Wauwepex and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Boy Scouts, Campfire Tales, Culture, Environment, Family, Stories from the Jounrey, Wauwepex | 7 Comments

Fatherhood in a New Age – a tale of alien abduction coming to RISK!

Posted on August 23, 2019 by

By Bruce A. Smith I do not know if this story is true, at least in the usual sense of that word. What I do believe is that this story has a truth, a compelling truth that lies behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alien Abductions, Campfire Tales, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Folk tales and stories, Stories from the Jounrey | 7 Comments

Election Day, 2018 – One Man’s Predictions

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

By Bruce A. Smith I think tomorrow’s elections will reveal a growing Red Tide in our country as opposed to the hoped-for Blue Wave. As one Republican strategist declared on “The Circus,” a weekly Showtime political show, the Democrats will … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Culture, Environment, Health, Nature, Politics, Ramtha, Resistance and Justice, Smoke, Spirituality, The New Physics, Weather | 13 Comments

UPDATE – Mount Rainier invisible as smoke fills our skies – Eatonville air is officially “very unhealthy” – Legislators weigh in

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

By Bruce A. Smith UPDATE, Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 3 pm 2nd LD Representative Andre Barkis has responded to a series of questions from the Mountain News concerning the current unhealthy air conditions, and long-term timber management practices to control … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Mount Rainier, Smoke | 9 Comments