Why “Dune Peninsula” at Point Defiance Park?
On Saturday, July 6, Metro Parks opened a new park in Tacoma. “Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park” was the culmination of years of work at Metro Parks. Hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of dirt moved… EPA cleanup… construction… and more. It was an amazing achievement that the voters of Tacoma, Metro Parks, and the many people who took on this challenge should be very proud of. And long-time readers know that the name of the park has been something of a quixotic goal for me since 2013. Along with some others like Katy Evans and Dan Rahe, we Read more…
I was a guest on the Move to Tacoma to talk about Frank Herbert and Dune
I always enjoy a chance to go onto podcasts and talk about Frank Herbert and Dune Peninsula. Here I sat down with guest host Jasmyn Jefferson, filling in for Tacoma Real Estate Agent Marguerite Martin on the Move to Tacoma podcast, part of the Channel 253 network. Enjoy! A new park! Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance
Here comes 2017
Last year, I set four goals for myself: Read more. Write more. Play more games. Spend more time outside. Here’s how I did. Read More According to Goodreads, I read 34 books in 2016, which is also what I read in 2015. True, at least four of those books were 800 pages or more. But I still want to step that up in 2017. I’m aiming for 40 books, which is about a book every week and a half. Write More In 2016, I hoped to finish the first draft of The Tin Whistle, the final book in my science fiction trilogy, Read more…
An update on “Frank Herbert Park”
Metro Parks finished its review of the public request to name the peninsula that forms the yacht basin “Frank Herbert Park.” Their conclusion was two-fold: “Frank Herbert” is eligible to be a park name. The peninsula is actually a part of Point Defiance Park, and thus can’t be named Frank Herbert Park. The first conclusion is excellent news. The second conclusion is, personally speaking, disappointing–although after a long discussion with the Historic and Cultural Asset Manager, I learned a lot about the history of the breakwater and its creation to be a part of Point Defiance. So I understand where Read more…
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