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EndNotes archive for Sept. 27, 2014

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 2014

An unusually low rainbow formed after Monday afternoon's rain shower in Spokane due to June's high sun angle. Rainbows appear at 40 to 42 degrees above the direction of incoming sunlight. (Mike Prager)

Ashes to ashes to jewelry

Christine Hansen did not intend to become a partner in the healing of others’ grief, but she is. Hansen is a glass artist who lives near Olympia; she takes cremains (people and pets) and incorporates the ashes into glass memorial beads. Some of the beads…

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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.