A Measure of Success
The email was a surprise and then it wasn’t. The man was in my scout troop in San Francisco thirty years ago and as a teen was not the...
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D. W. Wilma
Aug 17, 20166 min
Bigfoot200
Bigfoot 200 is an endurance run from south of Mount St. Helens to Randle, Washington. It is put on by a company that stages one smaller...
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D. W. Wilma
May 18, 20142 min
General Ham I Am
That’s the General Class Amateur Radio Operator, the next level above Technician which I passed about a month ago. I figured I would...
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D. W. Wilma
Apr 30, 20142 min
Ham I Am
I am now officially KG7LEA for the next ten years! A week ago I took and passed my amateur radio Technician Class exam, one wrong answer...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 8, 20103 min
Closure
In my posts about my work speaking up for abused and neglected children I have mentioned those kids who are adopted once their parents’...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 26, 20091 min
Turkey Day
My ancestors were at the first one in 1621. Teenagers Elizabeth Tilley and John Howland survived that first winter when her parents died...
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D. W. Wilma
Sep 18, 20096 min
Termination
I just concluded almost three weeks of trial to terminate the parental rights of a father whose three children were removed from the home...
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D. W. Wilma
Apr 2, 20093 min
Pickups II
I got to use the truck while I was a member of the Civil Air Patrol in Sacramento. The CAP is nominally the auxiliary of the U.S. Air...
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D. W. Wilma
Feb 24, 20092 min
Tolerance
Recently the Seattle Police Department has implemented a training program to address allegations and perceptions of racial profiling....
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 11, 20093 min
Small Victory
The year end produced some good news, but I didn’t learn of it until just the other day. One of my foster kids was adopted by her...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 5, 20083 min
Oversight
July 14, 2008 I was recently nominated to be a member of the Seattle Police Department Office of Professional Accountability Review...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 1, 20082 min
Adoption Day
The idea of making new families is completely out of character there. The tiny courtroom sits on the third floor with a view of Third...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 1, 20086 min
Advocating for Children
May 7, 2008 I had to go through an application process, provide references, be interviewed, undergo a background check, take twenty-four...
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