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    Virtually everything we use comes from somewhere else.Ever wonder how it got here? Photo: Morf Morford
    Thank – don't curse – that truck
    January 24, 2019 8:38 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index We might not think about it very much, but virtually everything we eat, wear…

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    Is it enough? Tacoma wages at national average
    Washington’s trucking industry pays $7.7 Billion each year
    January 24, 2019 8:34 am

    The Washington State trucking industry pays approximately $7.7 billion in wages to industry employees annually, according to new data released…

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    Discoveries large and small can be found across Tacoma. Photo: Morf Morford
    Half-full or half empty, hot or cold, glass...
    January 23, 2019 8:10 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index A series of fortuitous accidents have drawn Tacoma into the small, but expanding world…

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    The new Benaroya Wing is accessible to - and cut off from - a historic corner  of Tacoma by, yes sheets of glass, that separate even as they connect.         Photo courtesy of Tacoma Art Museum
    Tacoma Art Museum’s new Benaroya Wing draws in...
    January 23, 2019 8:08 am

    The newest addition to flank the Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) is the Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Wing, a 6,595-square-foot expansion…

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    Books can take you all kinds of places. Photo: Morf Morford
    Public or private, libraries are an investment in...
    January 22, 2019 8:58 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index I love libraries whether they are large or small, public or private, inside or…

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    Not all Little Libraries are as elaborate as this one. The white box is for "treasures", the mailbox on the right is for poems, stories or "true confessions". Photo: Morf Morford
    District 4 Council Member Catherine Ushka welcomes five...
    January 22, 2019 8:48 am

    98404 Eastside Little Libraries to host public ribbon-cuttings January 26  In collaboration with the City of Tacoma and other partners,…

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    Mt Rainier reminds us of what we have - and what is at stake. Photo: Morf Morford
    Washington's ferries are going electric
    January 18, 2019 8:46 am

    Electric cars have changed how we drive, electricity will change how we cross the Sound  By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily…

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    Map of the Salish Sea & Surrounding Basin,Stefan Freelan, WWU, 2009
    The eternal waterways of the Pacific Northwest
    January 17, 2019 8:07 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index One of the first slogans that identified and characterized the pioneering and bustling city…

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    Our national parks are a national - and for some of us, a local - treasure. They are a literal gift to the future. Photo: Morf Morford
    Poetry in Tacoma?
    January 16, 2019 8:51 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index Tacoma, the city famed for its “grit” and extraction based economy – its industrial…

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    Tacoma’s 2017-2019 Poet Laureate Kellie Richardson reads poetry from her phone.  Photo: Morf Morford
    Call to artists – 2019-21 Tacoma Poet Laureate
    January 16, 2019 8:47 am

    The Tacoma Arts Commission announces the eighth annual Tacoma Poet Laureate competition, the winner of which will be named Tacoma…

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    One theory is that cats are aliens sent to observe us. They report to their leaders when we aren't looking.  Photo: Morf Morford
    Helpful – and rarely known – keyboard strategies
    January 15, 2019 8:44 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index Unless you are the head of cyber security in Japan, you probably use a…

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    School could be defined as organized learning, but as every parent or teacher knows, learning happens anywhere and any time. Photo: Morf Morford
    Learning is essential – school is optional
    January 11, 2019 8:55 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index I am primarily an autodidact. That’s a two-dollar word for some one who is…

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    "I know everything!" - Charlotte, age 3 1/2
    "I know everything!" – Charlotte, age 3 1/2
    January 10, 2019 8:30 am

    By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index She knows her colors, her ABCs and can count to ten – what else…

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