Kerri Thoreson
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Little moments bring joy at the holidays
Last week’s (Dec. 21) Main Street column continued a decade-long tradition of reprinting a story I’d written in 2005 after the first Christmas without my fathe…
Christmas Eve journey of giving
It takes a village to make Christmas magic
It’s impossible not to be moved by the wonderful spirit of giving and generosity for a hundred local youngsters and their families during the annual Holidays and Heroes event. Often at the holidays we all get so bu…
Idaho's Christmas tree graces the Capitol
In November, sisters Patricia and Marion Richardson, along with hundreds of onlookers, had a grand time when Idaho’s Capitol Christmas Tree stopped in Coeur d’Alene enroute to D.C. This past week the pair were visi…
Holiday travel not for timid
Traveling by air any time can be so stressful, and at the holidays it’s ratcheted up several notches.
Pickled herring inspires memories
Last week I accompanied my sister, Janna, on a shopping trip to Costco. In the interest of full disclosure, I may be one of the very few people who don’t have a Costco card or shop at the store. No particular reaso…
Veterans and voting, grateful for both
The opening narration of the PBS American Experience “The Battle of the Chosin” airing this month ... “In the last days of November 1950, twelve-thousand men of the First Marine Division, along with a few thousand …
Random murder unsettling
A walk down memory lane in old haunts
This past week, my sisters and I experienced joy and sorrow with a wedding, a funeral and a baptism. Family was at the forefront, with introspection worn like a familiar patchwork shawl. On Monday I was scrambling …
Saluting those who drive our children
The third week of October each year is dedicated to the recognition of school bus drivers throughout the country. If any group is deserving of our appreciation, it’s those who transport such precious cargo as our k…
Making deadline, a dad worth missing
Oct. 12, 2004, was a Tuesday, a beautiful bonus summer-like blue sky sunshiny autumn day. It was a day I will never forget — not the sunshine or the sounds or the words that came out of a doctor’s mouth as I stood …
Babies' birth months mirror Main Street
In a decidedly unscientific exercise, I noticed that most of the Main Street birthdays, out of nearly 2,000, seem to be in September or October. So I did a little Google research and found that my list of local bir…
Prep football with a royal touch
Homecoming is a rite of passage as well as a celebration of school spirit and a new school year ... oh, and there’s a football game, too. Last week Lakeland High School crowned Jordan Plonka and Heidi Boyer as its …
MAIN STREET: Mentors can change a child's world
I love backstories and when I heard this one last week, knew it was worth sharing.
It takes a village to write this column
For the past week I’ve been dogged by a bad cold that sent me to bed for a few days and left me tired and under a self-imposed exile from being out and about much. So on Monday evening I made this post on my Facebo…