All This Is That

By Jack Brummet, Green River Valley Editor My home town makes the news once again.  The caption reads:  " Dave Anthony toasts his ac...

Yes, I did teethe on my Grandfather Dell Galvin's hook arm. Dell was my maternal Grandmother's third, and final husband. This was...

click to enlarge - my Grandpa Del (his hook arm is hidden) and Grandma Galvin By Jack Brummet - Originally published here on January 26, 20...

Jack, and John Newton Brummet II, camping on the Bumping River on Mount Rainier - click to enlarge Articles, posts, and screeds, on Jac...

This is the theatre where I learned to love movies.  It was built in about 1946, roughly when this photograph was taken.  The only photo I ...

W hen I was growing up in the Green River Valley , south of Seattle, I often heard the word "skookum."  I remember hearing my Unc...

Click to enlarge - Jack and Dell Galvin, 1953 To prove that I do have Hillbilly cred, I submit this photo. It's 1953 and I am teethin...

Valley Elementary held two or three square dances a year and they were the coolest thing in town, but the Lettuce Festival, Puyallup Fair (...

Click to enlarge Jack and Santa Claus, 1955/56 ---o0o---

click young John/Jack to enlarge If you've read any of these growing up stories, you remember I grew up poor. That didn't necessari...

Jack's sister, Loa, Uncle Guy, and Jack The backlink of the day — Uncle Guy, more hillbilly cred, and living a good life —originally app...

For a couple of years, one of our favorite pastimes was hucking eggs at cars. Not that we were particularly destructive, but we were boy...