Kerri Thoreson
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Cars, cruising and stories to tell
Cars are coming to downtown Coeur d'Alene by the hundreds. Thousands of enthusiasts will enjoy Car d'Lane's Friday night cruise on Sherman Avenue, the Saturday…
Graduates, look around the room
In recent years I invited my village of friends, many of whom are actual long-ago classmates of mine, to give sage advice to the new crop of high school gradua…
To be loved by a dog is a gift
She was the best dog, the very best dog, actually the best dog ever ... all 6 pounds of her.
Serving the voters; observe, don't celebrate
Each election year, this column is filed on Tuesdays, long before the polls close at 8 p.m. So, while I can’t do in print the Wednesday morning quarterbacking …
May is for ice cream, motorcycles and voting
The past week’s glorious sunshiny weather has been a mood brightener all the way around.
Bold-face mention for Miss Nancy
My dear friend and former newspaper columnist, Nancy Harlocker of Dalton Gardens, left this world May 1 after 92 memorable years of life.
Here's to the merry month of May!
I love my birthday month of May, which I celebrate all month long with a hundred or so Main Street Birthday friends, starting with May Day, the Kentucky Derby,…
The resource of special teams
Last November, I volunteered with the Post Falls American Legion's free community Thanksgiving dinner, something I'd done for many years. That day one of the w…
Teaching us how to live our best lives
Last week, I had the pleasure of talking with one of the most interesting women I know. Betty Stone is celebrating a milestone birthday today, although she sta…
Of shopping hungry and pimento cheese sandwiches
After a meeting first thing Monday morning in Coeur d'Alene, I stopped at the grocery store for a few things.
Farm, ranch life on the Rathdrum Prairie
Recently, I realized that changing landscape can be disorienting when landmarks implanted in our brain no longer exist. I’ve lived here since Post Falls was fe…
March Madness fun for local couple
Alan and Dani Wolfe of Post Falls are an athletic pair ... running, hiking, golfing, Ironman and coaching youth sports.They’re engaged and enthusiastic grandpa…
Top down and sounds of spring
Ruthie Clark always wanted a little red convertible, which seemed impractical during marriage and motherhood and life in rural North Idaho.
Planting peas and parading on St. Patrick's Day
Back in the day, my late mother, Alice Rankin, was a master gardener, teaching classes through the county extension office.
Are power lunches still powerful?
The era of the three martini lunch is long past but doing lunch with clients, customers or prospects is still a thing, or is it?