Widespread mocking of those family letters some people insert in Christmas cards certainly didn't make them go away. For that, I suppose we can all be thankful. But did you know that there are now extended-family summer-in-review letters? Oh, yes. Not all families have someone…
Is not being able to remember the name of your first college dorm. (Yes, I realize not everyone went to college.) Eventually I came up with it: Adams Hall. I suspect 25 percent of all who went to (or, in my case, started) school in…
I'm sure there are plenty of Spokane neighborhoods still monitored by someone looking out the window along the lines of Gladys Kravitz in "Bewitched." But a lot of people are pretty busy these days. So on some streets, it's now up to cats to keep…
One thing some visitors to Spokane notice at this time of year is the seemingly high percentage of cars adorned with racks designed to carry bikes, boats and what have you. This isn't the only place a person would see that, of course. But it's…