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EndNotes archive for Dec. 28, 2011

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 2011

Jeannine Marx Fruci and her mother, Vivian Marx. (Christopher Anderson)

To the ends of the Earth

We often read about parents doing amazing things for their children. Taking a bullet. Donating a kidney. Mortgaging the house for college. But how far and wide would you go to rescue an older parent from some horrible situation? In my Christmas Day story, Jeannine…

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Wildfires in central Washington make for a spectacular sunset over Spokane, Wash. on Friday evening, Aug. 1, 2008, as the sun tries to burn through the smoke plume of thousands of acres that have burned over the past few days. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Good Riddance Day

Folks in New York'sTimes Square today have a chance to say "good riddance" to the worst of 2011 in their lives. And we can, too, via cyberspace. Inspired by a Latin American tradition where people put items into dolls and then set the dolls on…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.