With the temperatures outside rising, we need to heed advice to stay well and prevent illness or injury. So, stay cool inside and keep your cool by limiting strenuous activity to those cooler times of day. Avoid the sun and use sunscreen when you do…
I just returned from a week in New York City, visiting family. My niece's office is near where the Twin Towers used to be, and as we rounded the corner to her office, she pointed through two buildings to the new tower, finished just in…
You may not remember his name, but you will remember his work. Gary David Goldberg, who died of brain cancer in Montecito, Calif., on Saturday, a few days before he turned 69 years old, created the hit series “Family Ties” which ran in the 1980s.…
Did you see it? The moon? The super moon that looks like it is so close you can reach out and touch it. The moon offers a romantic backdrop for lovers and dreamers and children – and inspiration for writers and singers. When you gaze…
Flying from Spokane to New York City people were chatting on the plane about the sudden death of "Tony Soprano." Now in a cab to Long Island, our cab driver said he drove the actor once. A nice guy, he said, and a big guy,…
The Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane is a regular part of my commute to and from The Spokesman-Review. It was supposed to be closed for two weeks for repairs and for infrastructure work necessary for the Kendall Yards development. Then, last Thursday, the city of…
“Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.” ― Anna Quindlen Many of us will miss our fathers this weekend as families observe Father’s Day. But we did have our time: Dad sitting in…
If you've never walked through the garden behind Providence Center for Faith and Healing on the Sacred Heart campus, treat youself this summer. Every Thursday, starting Thursday until Aug. 15, the garden will be the scene of summer noon-time concerts. Across town, Holy Family Hospital…
I spent most of yesterday in a Red Cross CPR and first aid training class as part of my Spokesman-Review safety committee duties. About 30 years ago, I took a CPR class and so much has changed. I was surprised how hard you have to…
If you play a musical instrument, even if you don't play as well as you think you can, pass this gift/skill onto your children. Music embeds itself in our hearts and memories, and so if you teach your children, or grandchildren, how to play a…
The news that the U.S. government has been monitoring phone habits, especially through Verizon, gives me a laugh ( you gotta laugh some about this stuff) imagining government spies analyzing the phone records of me and my sisters. We sometimes talk for two hours at…
My son graduates today...we will gather with friends and sit in the auditorium and cheer. He asks me if I will cry. Of course. But first, in the intimacy of our home, I will read these words, a look back, a blessing forward. With love,…
Yes, I know, it's weird that Costco even has its own magazine -- the Costco Connection - and weirder that sometimes, the articles are good. In the June issue, there's an interview with writer Temple Grandin, who has written eloquently about life along the autism…
Today's Boomer U article was about the prediction (and hope) that boomer age men and women will be in greater demand in the next few years as models and actors in TV commercials, as companies finally wake up to the fact that boomers have some…
The gigantic asteroid didn't hit Earth yesterday, nor was it expected to, but the sci-fi lover in me allowed my imagination to go far, far into another galaxy. If the asteroid had hit, wiping out much of Earth, it would be an astonishing reset button…
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.
| June 2013 | ||||
| 29 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 20 |
| 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
| 08 | 06 | 05 | 03 | 01 |
