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Words that sum up 2022 are in the alphabet somewhere. (Photo by Morf Morford)

2022 Words of the year

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 23, 2022 1:30 am

It’s been a crazy year – with a few fitting words

Our choices, large and small, take us to our destinations. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Little is the new big

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 22, 2022 1:30 am

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Changes, on the ground and in the air, are on their way. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Controversies in and around Tacoma

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 21, 2022 1:30 am

Warehouses and airports “R” us?

All of our conflicted feelings about holidays come into focus this time of year. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Holidays, American style

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 20, 2022 1:30 am

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Some people take Amocat literally. (Photo by Morf Morford)

40 cats in a Tacoma triplex

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 19, 2022 1:30 am

Ever notice that Tacoma news often sounds like a set up for a joke?

Tacoma is the kind of place that can’t quite decide what it wants to be. Small town? Urban center? Artistic or industrial? At one with nature? Or forever at war with it? Or all of the above? Or even far more? (Photo by Morf Morford)

Relationship with Tacoma: It’s complicated

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 16, 2022 1:30 am

Like our weather, you could describe Tacoma as the city of mixed feelings

In sports, and other aspects of life, we measure and define speed and distance. Or at least we try. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Measurements between here and there

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 15, 2022 1:30 am

And you thought the metric system was confusing

If you travel through rural England, as my wife and I did a couple years ago, you might see these wavy brick fences. They are one brick thick. Far cheaper than a double wall, they are also far lighter which is a major concern in the marshy soil of the area. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Lateral thinking to the rescue

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 14, 2022 1:30 am

Is your crazy idea crazy enough?

I don’t know what this sign was intended to mean, but there must be a term for a group of men who can’t decide which way to go - and refuse to ask for directions. (Photo by Morf Morford)

A few collective nouns

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 13, 2022 1:30 am

What do you call a group of…

This Tacoma neighborhood is a microcosm of our national housing environment and dilemma; old and new, sprawl and density, renters and owners, all together, and all in flux. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Every neighborhood, even yours, is changing

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 12, 2022 1:30 am

A generation is moving on

Kids instinctively know what adults often forget; leaders get things done and make things happen. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Take me to my leader

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 9, 2022 1:30 am

What does leadership actually look like?

Our parks and wild areas are mostly a combination of land and water and the creatures who call them home. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Green crab invasion

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 8, 2022 1:30 am

No, it’s not a rock and roll band

Many familiar brands are changing, even evaporating, under ever-shifting economic circumstances. (Photo by Morf Morford)

For the economy “macro uncertainty” ahead

By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • December 7, 2022 1:30 am

Prices and consumer demand are going several directions at once

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