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EndNotes archive for Aug. 24, 2011

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24, 2011

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Stolen car grief 

My friend Chris awoke Monday morning to the discovery that her blue Passat had been stolen out of her garage. The garage door caught on a garbage can and was accidentally left open all night. She lives in a very nice Mead-area neighborhood, has a…

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Music of life in death 

In our EndNotes column yesterday, Cathy wrote an excellent explainer concerning music-thanatology, basically harp music played in the hospital rooms of the sick and dying. When my mom's wonderful companion of four years, Hollis Ladd, was dying at Sacred Heart Medical Center three years ago,…

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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.