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EndNotes archive for June 2012

TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012

Just shut up

A relative had a health scare yesterday which required an emergency room visit and many tests. It turned out OK, but that didn't stop the advice from flowing today. I should know better. When people are in distress or coming down from a crisis, they…

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SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2012

One of the Pacific Northwest's best wild flowers, the grass widow (Olsynium douglasii), blooms early in spring.  (Mike Prager)

One bullet ~ oceans of grief

She was a little girl growing up in a poor family: poor in means, poor in skills, poor, poor poor. She needed clothing and guidance and love and encouragement and care for her body and spirit. Her aunt and uncle stepped in offering help. Mostly,…

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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012

Pearson's Drug Store, circa 1930s (Courtesy Nappi / The Spokesman-Review)

Brochures dying? Not so fast! 

In response to a recent post that brochures might be dying, I received a snail mail letter (also now a rarity) from Laura Lawton, president of Lawton Printing Services, a longtime printer in Spokane. She said that brochures remain very popular. "The credibility of social…

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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.



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