Daniel Hooker

Announcements, August 2025

A Village Resource: Food Banks

By Daniel Hooker This article series started off as a local Vashon-Maury Island piece, then I had a thought, wait a minute! We are all doing this – helping others – in many cities, towns, and island communities. I started interviewing food banks around Western Washington about what they offer as vital services for our…

Llaughing Llamas Chronicles
Entertainment, July 2025, Llaughing Llamas

Llaughing Llamas Chronicles

By Daniel Hooker This joke comes from Bob at Ace Hardware: A customer is at the checkout stand, and the cashier asks, “Paper or plastic?” The customer answers, “You choose.” The cashier replies, “Baggers can’t be choosers.” ~ At the Olympics I saw a guy carrying a long stick. I asked, “Are you a pole…

There’s No Place Like Home, Part 2
Island Voices, June 2025

There’s No Place Like Home, Part 2

By Daniel Hooker Olga and I met at our Vashon Library, to complete the second part of her story (“There’s No Place Like Home.”) I listen to Olga and the details of her intensive caring for two raccoon cubs. From the after-meal belly massages (feeding being done with a small eye dropper of a bottle),…

Llaughing Llamas Chronicles
Entertainment, Llaughing Llamas, May 2025

Llaughing Llamas Chronicles

By Daniel Hooker One of the worst critics of my joke column passed away; I went to his funeral and I stared into his coffin: “You’re dead wrong. Thinking outside of the box is better.” ~ Someone asked me where my grandmother and grandfather lived. I replied, “Alaska.” “Never mind,” he replied, “I’ll ask her…

Llaughing Llamas Chronicles
April 2025, Entertainment, Llaughing Llamas

Llaughing Llamas Chronicles

By Daniel Hooker Did you know that Atheism is a non-prophet organization? It should be investigated by DOGE, Congress, and the WHO for taxation without representation. ~ I have a new response to people’s questions about why I’m walking on crutches: “I’m avoiding a Cane Mutiny and a Staff Infection.” ~ An original from my…

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