An advantage to having a "death blog" (as its nicknamed in the newsroom) is the conversations that now happen around my desk. This morning, we talked about proper funeral attire, and my colleague Gina Boysun told me that three of her male relatives wore their…
Tomorrow, the federal government is testing the Emergency Alert System at 2 p.m. Eastern time, 11 a.m. Pacific time. We've been getting memos today from government agencies asking us to let our readers know that when the usual honking/buzzing noise comes on the TV tomorrow…
My niece Gretchen who lives in LA is traveling in the East and her Facebook post read this morning: "Woke up at 2:30am and now can't go back to sleep." I was up at 3 this morning and never returned to slumber. I bet all…
Andy Williams, 83, has bladder cancer. He announced it at a concert Saturday in Branson, Mo. As the celebrities of my childhood age and pass away, the memories stir. One of the first grown up movies I ever saw was I'd Rather Be Rich at…
Every year, in a Sunday that falls closest to All Saints and All Souls Day, the names of all the parishioners who have died in the past year are read aloud at St. Aloysius Church on the GU campus. After a month's worth of names…
…how Andy Rooney spent the minutes outside of 60 Minutes? The legendary commentator died Friday from post-surgery complications. He was 92. His words, his attitude, his I'll-say-whatever-I believe voice gave us perspective and always something to think about after the second hand stopped. He earned…
This is my favorite time of year, the slow move of fall toward winter. I welcome the change back to standard time and the 4 p.m. darkness. Even as a child, I loved the foggy post Halloween nights. Mostly, I love how things quiet down.…
Thirty five years ago today, my nephew Ian was born in Spokane. Right away, doctors knew something was wrong because he looked blue/black. A valve to his heart had not opened properly. Surgery wasn't an option. He was given the last rites. Many in the…
Need some good news this afternoon? Here's some from the National Institutes of Health. Programs that grant privileges to new drivers in phases — known as graduated licensing programs — dramatically reduce the rate of teen driver fatal crashes, according to three studies funded by…
There's a well-known quote: "Pneumonia is the old person's friend." This means that an older person who is in very ill health and would like to pass on is sometimes helped along by pneumonia. So it was a bit of a surprise to receive this…
Cinque Terre -- five small towns in Italy --was a favorite weekend getaway for Gonzaga in Florence students long before Rick Steves "discovered" the region. But thanks to Rick Steves' travel blog, I discovered that parts of Cinque Terre were literally torn apart due to…
As if it's not stressful enough to wait, receive, recover and pay for an organ transplant these days, the National Institutes of Health reported this disturbing news yesterday: Organ transplant recipients in the United States have a high risk of developing 32 different types of…
The Ronald McDonald House in Spokane hosts families with children battling illness. The staff, volunteers and other families support one another and love the sick children among them, knowing they will lose some of them. One of those children, Katelyn Roker, 6, died recently of…
Google undertook an ambitious project a few years ago to digitalize newspaper archives of papers throughout the country. The project has been discontinued but you can still access many stories from the past by googling "News archives." Last night I scrolled through the Spokane Daily…
When my dad died in 1996, my heart literally hurt in a physical way. I kept saying to people: "It's like a scarf with a huge knot tied right at my heart." Now, I know it was a classic symptom of grief. From our column…
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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