Facebook seems to be "trending" today on this: The desire to reconnect with old friends but the inability to do so because the friend has died. (Often discovered on a Google search when the obit appears.) My Facebook friend and former S-R staffer, Kory Boatman,…
The obituary for Larry McKay ran in our newspaper Sunday. It should be passed out in journalism classes, and in funeral homes, for a great example of an obit that is both witty and profound. It's been shared 473 times on Facebook. Treat yourself and…
Maurice Sendak, children’s book author and illustrator, died early today. He was 83. His work entertained and delighted children. He once said his illustrations for “Where the Wild Things Are” were taken from his relatives – the less attractive and rather unpleasant ones. “Sendak also…
Over the weekend, I read Roger Rosenblatt's second book about dealing with the death of his 38-year-old daughter, Amy, a doctor who died suddenly of a heart condition, leaving three children and a husband behind. Rosenblatt, a well-known journalist and essayist, moved in with his…
It has been 15 months since my nephew arrived home from a one-year tour of duty in Iraq. Tomorrow his brother leaves for a nine-month stint in Afghanistan. I have three sisters, no brothers. And among us we have 10 sons, no daughters. And our…
I am from the Beach Boys era, not the Beastie Boys, but I could not help noticing all the attention the death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has received in the last 24 hours. The trio was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall…
In the King Collection, memorabilia and photographs inherited from my surrogate grandmother, I recently found a Souvenir Book of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904. There's a photo in the book of a De Smet Bridge at the exposition. Pierre-Jean De Smet was a Jesuit priest…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out a press release today concerning the use of helmets if a tornado approaches. It reads, in part: We don’t have research on the effectiveness of helmet use to prevent head injuries during a tornado, but we…
Our Boomer lifestyle choices, discontinued decades ago, may still influence our health. A report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reveals the “number of baby boomers dying from a ‘silent epidemic’ of hepatitis C infections is increasing so rapidly that federal officials are…
Saturday morning as I was looking something up on my iPad, a huge lump appeared on my left hand, just below my index finger, about the size of a big marble. I hadn't bumped it. Soon, the area around it turned black and blue. The…
U.S. Catholic, a monthly publication discussing, reviewing, contemporary issues among Catholics, has commented frequently on the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith’s investigation of American women religious (sisters, nuns). A current commentary on their weekly bulletin gives readers a chance to read the details…
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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