Months after the horrific school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the community will march on – stronger than ever. The annual parade marking the end of summer will take place – continuing a decades-old tradition. Follow the year-long journey of healing in a community that chooses…
We are war weary in our country: Iraq, Afghanistan, even the memories of Viet Nam for some of us are enough to cause us to exhale grief as we recall images of caskets draped with our own stars and stripes. And now those images of…
Kudos to Karen Erickson of Spokane who was a reporter for the Spokane Chronicle in 1963 when Gail Caldwell of Marycliff High School was named the city's first black Lilac Princess. See my story about the historic event. Erickson filled in a bit of disturbing…
I don't know how this report will affect the hiring of 65-plus cab drivers, delivery drivers or truck drivers, but it should give us all pause. I guess if you're looking for an encore career after 65, you might try a line of work that…
Actress Julie Harris died at age 87. Harris died at home in Massachusetts of congestive heart failure. Her talents earned her six Tony Awards as best actress throughout her 60-year career. (S-R archives photo: A line of ticket-buyers wait at the TKTS booth, which sells…
The 20s are a tough decade for most. You usually look good, but all that drama! Here's another reason to be glad the 20s have passed you by. In your 50s and 60s, you likely won't be in nightclubs featuring foam parties. Here's an excerpt…
Seems Pope Francis I likes to communicate via the telephone. Really! The pope has picked up the phone – without staff assistance – and called people to offer comfort, thanks or perhaps simply to chat. If your caller ID comes up with Vatican City attached…
I remember the day my son started Kindergarten. I wore Yoko Ono-type sunglasses, not to shield the sun, but to shield my son from his mommy’s tears. Such an act of trust to hand-off your precious child to someone who may teach them, but never…
They were so cool when they first arrived! A CD player in your car. My 2004 Murano (God rest its totaled soul) had a six-CD player in it and I loved it. And while I do own an iPod, I long for a six-CD player…
My Sunday story was about Gail Caldwell Bonner, Spokane's first black Lilac Princess, elected in 1963 from Marycliff High School in Spokane. I interviewed Gail and three of the friends who rallied around her to get her nominated 50 years ago in a history making…
Try it! You may like it. Our iPods and iPhones and all e-devices connect us to music, other people, the latest breaking news and FaceBook updates. But they seem to disconnect us from ourselves. How would it feel to put it all away? Read one…
Yet another study tells us of coffee's health risks or is it its benefits? Seems each day the media reports on a health study to assist us in our daily eating and drinking habits – often with conflicting information. Perhaps we are back to that…
In September 2006, more than a year before the housing boom busted and the Great Recession descended upon the land, the Inland Northwest was dotted with construction cranes, the outward sign of the good times. The new tower at The Spokane International Airport was being…
Sibs may influence your marriage?! A new report reveals that the more siblings one has (up to seven) the more likely your marriage will last. All that negotiating for the bathroom and compromising and getting along with different personalities may actually be good preparation for…
If socialization is essential to healthy aging, it makes sense that extroverts -- who tend to thrive in crowds and at parties - would do better in their older years. A study in the Journal of Research in Personality, as reported at HealthDayNews, "found that…
A good doctor of the kind depcited in Norman Rockwell paintings died last week. Alex VanderWilde, our family physician, passed on. Read his obituary. He was born in 1926 and lived through a unique experience during World War II. I wrote about him in 2003.…
My mother, 92, has been pretty disciplined all her life about eating and exercising, one reason she likely outlived all her siblings, a husband and an older-age boyfriend. But she always had one secret passion -- chocolate. She eats several pieces of chocolate most days…
Didn’t the tourist’s mom teach him: “Look, don’t touch!” The lovely piece – the Virgin Mary by Giovanni d’Ambrogio at Florence, Italy’s Museo dell'Opera del Duomo- now has one less finger because the American tourist was compelled to mess with a piece of ancient art.…
My Sunday story, on Spokane firefighter Mike Rose, is sweeping its way on Facebook. Wish I could claim my writing. But I think Spokesman-Review photo journalist and videographer Colin Mulvany's spectacular photo is the reason. He took this at the funeral of firefighter John Knighten…
Sometimes one needs a poem. My friend loves poetry. Today, I will escort her to her first round of chemotherapy - for her returning cancer. We cried in church a few weeks ago as she told me her health status. We shared breast cancer journeys…
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.
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