Meet your Neighbor: Dorothy Goodrich

Name: Dorothy Goodrich

Age: 76

Hometown: I was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, but we moved here in 1976.

Occupation: I’m retired. I was a senior secretary for the Idaho Department of Transportation.

Family: my husband, Kenneth, and our children, Michelle Troughton, of Vallejo, Calif.; Jennifer Bowles, of Pocatello, Idaho; Kurt, of New York City; and Shannon, of Hendersonville, Tenn.

Hobbies: reading, cross-country skiing, golfing, boating, walking and hiking

What do you like about North Idaho? It’s just beautiful here. Besides, I like the culture offered by North Idaho College and Spokane, and my husband and I are big NIC basketball boosters. Also, the many lakes all are beautiful.

What do you like or dislike about the current season? I don’t like the gray skies, but I recognize the rain makes it beautiful.

Favorite music: Classical, including Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Beethoven. Also, jazz and the big bands.

Favorite books: Anything by Ernest Hemingway, including the short stories “Up in Michigan,” “A Farewell to Arms” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls”

Favorite movie: “Casablanca”

Favorite spot in North Idaho? Why? Lake Coeur d’Alene. I drove a bookmobile around it for two-and-a-half years and never found a bad day. It’s always beautiful.