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    These London row houses are essentially all leased for 99 years. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Can housing be ever be “affordable”?
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 5, 2021 1:30 am

    Even the best ideas need the right time

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    This is where we want to see our fire level in April - at the lowest possible level. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    April 2021 – vaccines and a taste of...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • May 3, 2021 1:30 am

    If we can operate a vehicle on another planet, shouldn’t we be able solve our problems here on earth.

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    These buildings on the west side of Pacific Avenue have barely changed in over one hundred years; yes, that’s Old City Hall at the end. (Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library)
    Tacoma Daily Index – since 1890!
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 30, 2021 1:30 am

    Over 130 years of Tacoma’s, not always pleasant, details

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    What was once cutting edge technology quickly becomes a museum piece. (Photo: Morf Morford)
    Innovation – we love it and hate it
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 29, 2021 1:30 am

    You can always count on one thing about human beings – we love our favorite things – until we don’t.

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    We call these “homeless camps” but no one is “camping”. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Housing: it’s more than just home
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 28, 2021 1:30 am

    Housing and homeless related issues are complicated, costly, deep and…

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    Like these Sneetches, all too often we can’t seem to see anything except our differences. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    Washington state – we’re number one
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 27, 2021 1:30 am

    Or maybe 7, or was that 45…

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    What happens a thousand miles away, or even ten thousand, can have a huge, even multiplier effect on our local economy. These cranes dominate our local economy as much as they do our landscape. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    The “K” economy keeps expanding
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 26, 2021 1:30 am

    When it comes to the economy, it’s a small world after all

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    Up close and in the distance, even up in the sky, water seems to be everywhere. It’s one of the many luxuries most of us in the Northwest take for granted. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    April showers bring May flowers – but not...
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 23, 2021 1:30 am

    April is the cruelest month

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    Image courtesy Children’s Museum at JBLM / Greentrike Media
    JBLM hosts annual Kids’ Fest April 24; First-of-its-kind...
    April 22, 2021 1:30 am

    Kids’ Fest is an annual April event at JBLM to coincide with The Month of the Military Child…

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    It’s not magic that gets stuff to us, it’s infrastructure. (Photo by Morf Morford)
    You call it spending, I call it investing
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 21, 2021 1:30 am

    A key premise of money is that you can do three things with it; save it, spend it or invest it…

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    Leaders live forever in the shadows of their legacies. Photo by Morf Morford
    Best & worst leaders
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 20, 2021 1:30 am

    From presidents to bosses, what’s the criteria?

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    (Scanned Crosscut sticker)
    ‘Tis the season – for the Crosscut Festival
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 19, 2021 1:30 am

    This year it’s online only – and free

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    What does coffee have to do with Tacoma? We can thank Tacoma-based West Coast Grocery for marketing food from then-exotic places like Hawaii and Asia. These products, or at least their signs and containers, from canned fruit to spices, are a hot item in antique circles - especially among the locally renowned Tacoma history nerds. (Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library)
    AMOCAT/TACOMA
    By Morf Morford mmorford@soundpublishing.com • April 16, 2021 1:30 am

    Not every city has a reversible name

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