Cindy Hval

Unlike many writers, I don’t journal. I write for a living, so by the end of the day I’m all out of words.

Lucy Gladhart isn’t worried about running out of toilet paper, it’s the shortage of 50 pound bags of flour and crates of 15 dozen eggs that has her worried.

David Hicks says his marriage to Janet Hicks was a gift to each other. Janet Hicks died Tuesday at age 85.

Earlier this month when we left for Ohio to visit our twin grandsons, there were just two cases of COVID-19 in Spokane – the remaining cruise ship passengers that had been sent to Sacred Heart Medical Center to recuperate. There were no reported cases in Ohio. By the time we returned home, Ohio’s governor had closed schools, libraries and restaurants, as had Washington’s governor, and coronavirus cases in both states had skyrocketed.

The British soldiers arrived first. It was 1939, and 14-year-old Andrée Cruise and her 12-year-old sister Marie (Mimi) were excited to see the troops arrive in their village of Wanquetin, France.

They said it wouldn’t last. When Maxine Atwood married David Wise, just two weeks shy of her 16th birthday, her mother shook her head.

I stood in the middle of the bedroom and spun in a slow circle. A few minutes earlier I’d left my desk and rushed upstairs to get something. Something really important. Something I needed immediately. But darn, if I could remember what that something was.

Despite the unseasonably warm end to February, dirty clumps of melting snow can still be spotted around Spokane County. But gardening enthusiasts are already dreaming about green shoots sprouting from rich, dark soil. For those with itchy green thumbs, the Spokane County Library District and Spokane Public Libraries are offering a slew of gardening classes.

Sew Uniquely You offers fabrics and sewing notions and sewing machine repair and service, but its class offerings set it apart

Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant that you know is going to happen, and it’s just about my favorite feeling in the world.

Maddie Miner, along with Julia Barr, Katherine Kovich and Grace Dierks, are members of the St. Mary’s Robotics Club. And the four-member team Lego Superheroes is hoping to build on its winning history.

A small group of friends, family and staff members gathered at Providence St. Joseph’s Care Center on Feb. 4 to honor Vietnam veteran Neal Franklin with a Quilt of Valor.

I sat in her kitchen, surrounded by fragrant braids of garlic. Plump and juicy just-picked tomatoes spilled from a bowl on her counter.

In 1960, Ray Kuhn completed a historic voyage. He was a sailor aboard the USS Triton, a nuclear-powered submarine, when it became the first vessel to circle the globe submerged.

Happy, finger-snapping, toe-tapping music soared through Opportunity Presbyterian Church on a recent evening, as the Spirit of Spokane Chorus belted out “Oh, You Beautiful Doll.”

On Nov. 23, 2019, a rainbow shimmered across our sky. Not just any rainbow, a glorious double arc.

Welcome to Pioneer School, a K-5 secular private school for bright and capable students. Tucked away in a corner off Sullivan Road in Spokane Valley, this hidden gem is celebrating its 40th year.

When Karen Treiger set out to tell the harrowing tale of her in-laws’ Holocaust survival, the last thing she expected to find was joy. Yet in the research and writing of Sam and Esther Goldberg’s story, she discovered not only joy, but also profound gratitude.

From the big train trestle with Lionel cars perched on top, to the glass display case filled with Matchbox cars, Over the Moon Relics prompts fun memories for shoppers.

I’ve been told I have a way with words.

Rick Pansie, 71, felt sure love had passed him by. MJ Tamplin, 70, had decided happily ever after wasn’t in her cards.

If you’ve ever wondered what an orchestra conductor does besides waving a baton in front of a group of musicians, you can find out at an upcoming workshop at Holy Names Music Center.

On Friday, 395 years of wisdom, courage and sacrifice were honored at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center.

I don’t remember ever having 20/20 vision. I got my first pair of glasses in fourth grade, my first pair of contacts at 15, and my eyesight continues to decline.