Last weekend, Cindy Hval, of "War Bonds: Love Stories of the Greatest Generation," had her first book signing at a military base. She writes in her War  Bonds blog: "This weekend I had my first book signing event on a military base. The folks at Fairchild AFB were great to work with and as you can see I had a great location at the Base Exchange entrance." More here.

• Commanded/David Bond
• Weather whether/Bay Views
• Feel good movies/Faithful Geek
• Campaign finance de-form/Fort Boise
• Christmas is hard this year/Simple Mind
• Playoffs loom for once-dead Seahawks/Grip
• Friday's openings: Beware the witches/7 Blog
• Here's your weekly (brew pub) planner/On Tap
• Seems not all little children are rotten/The Slice
• Thoughts on Christmas/Elizabeth Smythe Brinton