I had breakfast with Joe Rice last winter; it had been quite a while since we had seen one another. We served together in the Legislature for two years. While we didn’t always see eye to eye-he’s a Democrat-Joe was a good legislator. But he was also,...
My 93 year old Aunt Joyce died recently. She was the last but one of my mom’s six siblings. Joyce’s was a life well lived. The funeral and celebration were in Boise, her home town. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. My sister, Linda, and...
My wife and I went to Spokane recently to visit our daughter, Jocelyn, and her family. I’ve gotten to know the city pretty well over the last 10 years or so. Following in her mother’s footsteps, our older daughter, Lauren, got a nursing degree from...
The city recently finished repaving the streets in our neighborhood. They were overdue; smooth as silk now. Our daughter, Lauren, and her two little girls came for a visit to our neighborhood swim pool while the work was still underway. Our street was blocked off so...
I practiced law for 10 years, which, according to one of my favorite gag lines, “was about five years too many.” But law was by no means my only career mistake. And today, shortly after having cleaned out my office in preparation for retirement, is not a...
Under Construction is a men’s group at Greenwood Community Church that meets on the first Saturday of every month to do handy man jobs for people in the area. The folks we assist are usually single women, usually elderly, usually church members. But not...
