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    The assignment
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • March 1, 2021 1:30 am

    The assignment was breathtaking in its simplicity – and audacity…

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    I Got Nothin’
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 26, 2021 1:30 am

    I got nothing. Which is actually an excellent place to begin…

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    Standing up for what we believe
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 25, 2021 1:30 am

    Our principles guide us through challenges and confusing times…

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    Tacoma is the #24 Safest Large City in...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 24, 2021 1:30 am

    Sometimes it’s a good thing to be below average…

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    Have naps been rediscovered?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 23, 2021 1:30 am

    I must admit that I have been a huge fan of naps for a long, long time…

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    Keeping it simple
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 22, 2021 1:30 am

    Babies, we have heard, are the best judges of character…

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    That was then, and this is now
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 19, 2021 1:30 am

    Are we ready for stay-vocations?

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    The best laid plans
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 18, 2021 1:30 am

    Many years ago I had a friend who had set out a five-year plan for her life…

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    Don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 17, 2021 1:30 am

    Sometimes a simple phrase sums up an era, or the span of an individual’s life…

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    The Twenty-teens
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 16, 2021 1:30 am

    A rule of thumb about decades is that they are defined by their last three years…

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    The Gospel of Good Housing
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 12, 2021 1:30 am

    A home is more, far more, than the structure that encases it…

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    Everything is perception, and vice-versa
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 11, 2021 1:30 am

    We are polarized, yes, you see that in every headline or newscast, but that doesn’t explain anything.

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    Image courtesy Office of Financial Management The above map shows which counties have expenditures greater than revenues and which have revenues greater than expenditures. The maps should be viewed in combination with the tables as some counties have expenditure-to-revenue ratios very close to 1. See more: https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/dataresearch/fiscal/county_expenditures_revenues.pdf.
    Bridging the rural/urban divide
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • February 10, 2021 1:30 am

    Urban and rural areas often have starkly different values, opportunities and stress factors…

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