Ninety Pounds of Rancid Fur Story and Photos by John O’Bryan In our thirty-five years of marriage, Kelly and I have brought into our lives a total of three dogs, two cats, five bunnies, one bird, twelve chickens,
Things Beautiful and Forbidden Story and Photos by John O’Bryan The holiday season is over, I’ve killed and eaten the fatted turkey (twenty-two pounds of juicy, golden tryptophan) the tree is down, the party hats and confetti of
It Ate Ornaments for Lunch Story and Photos by John O’Bryan Kelly and I have been married for close to thirty-five years and in that time we have had our fair share of disagreements, although I’d hesitate to
Fun Almost Beyond Belief By Dona Kay Faubus I met her at the swimming pool. We were about the same size, but she was blond with blue eyes and I’m a brunette with brown eyes. We were both
Not Dead Yet but Just Wait By Ron McFarland Pretty much everyone draws blood when attaching snow chains, right? I certainly always did so when I undertook such a complex and dangerous challenge. Fortunately, I’ve moved on to
To Plant and Replant By Mathew Purtee Photos by Karen Purtee My parents, who worked hard their entire lives and raised three children, decided in 2012 to retire on twenty acres in the middle of northern Idaho. My
The Bear Facts Story and Photos by Jim Fazio In 1984, when I was a professor of wildland recreation management at the University of Idaho, I spent a week in Boise at the Interagency Fire Center. We had
The Pull of Home By Miranda R. Carter The magazine first visited Moscow as a Spotlight City in our April 2002 issue. We figured it was time to have another look. It was one of those nights that
A Note on the Sources By Brandon R. Schrand The following excerpt from Brandon Schrand’s introduction to his new book Psychiana Man: A Mail-Order Prophet, His Followers, and the Power of Belief in Hard Times, is printed here
Only Fools Rush In By Ron McFarland One could suppose that living pretty much in the middle of Moscow, on the corner of busy Ninth and Barnes, Georgia and I might not provide suitable habitat for the likes
