As you can see below, Katrina/Notes on a Napkin proclaimed spring to have arrived Monday. As you know, I determine that winter is over on Feb. 2, Groundhog's Day. That helps me mentally to get through the remaining 6 or 7 weeks when the sun…
When I reached about third grade, I was drawn to a certain special shelf at the Kellogg Public Library that held a series of books and I decided I was going to read every one of them. These were the Nancy Drew books. Each mystery…
Mommy Dearest/BrodH20: "The Boo started laughing as soon as he saw my new haircut on Friday. 'You look funny, mommy,' he said. 'You 'unny momma,' Goo repeated. And The Otis just kind of stared and didn't really say much of anything. When he finally spoke,…
In the "Indeed, Ducks Hang Together" category, SR colleague Meghann Cuniff, a 2005 UOregon grad, was running w/some big dogs at the NCAA opening weekend at the Spokane Arena last week. Pat Kilkenny, who will take over as the Duck athletic director April 1, is…
... to meet Coeur d'Alene Librarian Bette Ammon, her fine staff and blog for a coupla hours at the soon-to-be former library on Harrison Avenue. In the trivia category, I was present when then mayor Ray Stone dedicated the old L-P building as Coeur d'Alene's…
I want my house clean and organized.I want granite countertops.I want my body back.I want new flip flops.I want a tattoo.I want to find my remote control.I want the laundry done.I want my bills paid.I want leaves on my birch trees.I want a Nikon D70.What…
Last week Dave had a very swollen knee. He said he hadn’t hurt it but it did feel strange. The next morning the swelling of the knee was gone. Then Friday morning he discovered his ankle on the same leg was swollen and bruised and…
I was knee deep in weeds last night, scrounging for discarded landscape pavers and cement blocks, when the thought hit me -- I must be an Idahoan. Only an Idahoan would risk the tires on a freshly washed rig to drive across a field of…
Item: NIC: School could use more balance in class/letter writer Jim Korver of Post Falls in Coeur d'Alene PressMain Thought: How is it that this relatively conservative community has spawned an institution of "higher" learning such as NIC? (I've heard that there is only one…
Item: Disabled man free in child-porn case: Previous charges had been dismissed/Taryn Brodwater, SRMore Info: In recent years, Peterson has twice been charged with sex offenses. In both cases, the charges were dismissed after his attorneys argued that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial.…
AP PhotoIn a computer generated illustration supplied by the American Institute of Mathematics, the E8 root system related to the Lie group E8, which is 248 dimensions, is seen. A math problem so complicated that its solution would cover the island of Manhattan if written…
re: Boise State Republicans drawing for a Mexican restaurant dinner to promote an appearance by U.S. Senate wannabe Robert Vasquez hereTruthseeker: It's not politically correct, so it must be wrong.MamaJD: Truthseeker, political correctness has nothing to do with this. It is the equivalent to having…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
