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Rusty’s Yurt

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Secret and Celebrated Story and Photos by Michael Stubbs One winter, Dave and I visited the yurt without Rusty. He was recovering from an injury and needed someone to knock snow off the roof and perform general maintenance.
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Can-Opener Gourmet

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A One-Pot Wonder By Gary Oberbillig I am certain that my fondness for one-pot cookery is not only because it makes dishwashing easier but because it fuels my vivid memories of the Dutch oven on the sagebrush campfire
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Chasing Vardis Fisher

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In a Beleaguered League of Writers By Amy McClellan Photos Courtesy of Idaho Writers’ League In 2016, the once-mighty Idaho Falls chapter of the Idaho Writers’ League (IWL) vanished. It happened so abruptly that some members were stunned
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Best-Laid Plans

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Ups and Downs on the Long Road By Les Tanner Take a look at this,” Randy said, taking out his phone and scrolling through its contents until he came to the frame he wanted. He turned the phone
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Dr. Squeeze Chute

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A Newcomer Learns Ranch Lingo By Bobbi Phelps Photos Courtesy of Bobbi Phelps In 1980, suburbanite Bobbi Phelps moved to the four-thousand-acre Wolverton family ranch in southern Idaho’s Twin Falls and Cassia Counties. Her book, Sky Ranch: Living
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A Sense of the In-Between

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Noted British and American composer Tarik O’Regan visited Idaho last year in preparation for a new work commissioned by the Boise Chamber Music Series. He got a good look at the southern half of the state, which not
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The Demo Special

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Rediscovering “Agricultural Improvement” Trains By Thornton Waite When I moved to southern Idaho in the mid-1970s, I continued a longtime interest in the history of railroads by researching the history and growth of the industry here. It soon
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Here Comes the Night

Posted on by Jon Mills / Leave a comment

My interest in Idaho’s night skies is a passion born of necessity. Landscape photography rather famously has a very short amount of time in the morning and evening when the light is most favorable for pictures.

I am most often at work during the day, which usually limits my available time for photos, and one such evening I found myself arriving at a location a bit too late for a good picture. I decided to just sit and watch the stars for a while before loading up my gear and heading home. After night fell and some time had passed, I noticed that I could easily make out the faint Milky Way and decided to adjust my camera and take a shot anyway. Mecca! An Idaho treasure previously unknown to me had suddenly been discovered. I could hardly believe the amount of light and detail I was able to capture from the very little light I could see. What had begun as an unfortunate circumstance for landscape photography wound up being just the push I needed to find a new passion for what I call “Nightscapes.”

More research revealed why I was able to capture the amazing night sky of southern Idaho. The combination here of high altitude, low light pollution, and a landscape covered in dark rock offers a view of our night sky many people throughout the world will never have the opportunity to see—and for a photographer, this fortunate combination allows the light of billions of stars to come shining down with brilliant clarity. That was the reason I could make these images with only the stars as my light. Continue reading

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