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EndNotes archive for Sept. 7, 2012

FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 2012

“We’re just a pioneer cemetery,” remarked Fairfield Cemetery Association member Gary Ostheller. “I think I’m related to about half the cemetery,” he said. (J. Bart Rayniak)

Seasonal shift

The summer has crawled then sprinted. Never cared for August – too hot, no routine. When I was waxing poetic about September and its lovely relief from the heat of August, my friend told me that he always feels melancholy in the fall – the…

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Then-vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden  and his mother, Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Biden, on stage in Denver in 2008.  (Associated Press)

Missing the mother hens

In last night's convention speech, vice president Joe Biden mentioned that his mom was at the convention four years ago. He looked sad that she wasn't at the 2012 convention. I remember her well from the 2008 convention, because my mother and her friends were…

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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.