History in Wood and Nails By Keith Knight Photos by Lillian Baumgart A neighbor stopped by for a visit at my home shop in Hayden one afternoon and as we sat around shooting the breeze, he mentioned that one of … Continue reading
The Passion of Miniaturists By Sue Buchel, Kathy Mouser-Hickman, and Rebecca Wright Photos courtesy of the Mini Les Bois Club. Three of the Mini Les Bois Club’s members tell personal stories of their fondness for little things. BY SUE BUCHEL … Continue reading
By Dave Hall A slim, beautifully produced volume of paintings by the author, who lives part-time in Idaho, was published late last year. Moving Water: An Artist’s Reflections on Fly Fishing, Friendship, and Family (Blaine Creek Press, 2018) which depicts … Continue reading
Tension Tied with Integrity Story and Photos by Les Tanner What’s this thing?” I asked. I had glanced at the object and was about to move on until I realized it deserved a second look. “Interesting, isn’t it?” replied our … Continue reading
For A Folk Art Treasure Story and Photo by Kennie Lyn Klingback In 1991, the Sweet-Montour Syringa Club engaged the help of our community to purchase the old Grange Hall in Sweet. As the club’s historian, I remember when we … Continue reading
A BioArt Field Trip Story and Photos by Kelly Ann Sheridan My high school students and I sat on the ground at the edge of Rainey Creek in Swan Valley, our paintbrushes in hand and watercolor paper in our laps. … Continue reading
Art Changed Our Lives By Kitty Campbell Widner Photos Courtesy of Kitty Campbell Widner In the 1950s in McCall, my friends and I were quintessential housewives, but none of us was the pathetic character sometimes portrayed in the media. Our … Continue reading
Walking with my dog on a cold Saturday in March on a path that led through the College of Southern Idaho campus in Twin Falls, I smelled burning wood. Ages ago, this very place where I was walking would have held many tipis with wisps of smoke ascending above their high poles from warming fires within. Continue reading
Like other children, I once dreamed of the possibilities of magic and fantasy worlds, of faraway places to visit, and fantastical wonders to see.
I dreamed of the amazing careers I’d have as a spy, a jungle explorer, an astronaut. With age, I realized such dreams are not easily grasped and that I would have to travel across continents to places of mystery, unless I used an entertainment medium to take me to far-off places. I began to seek ways to live out my dreams without leaving home. Continue reading
When I arrived in the spring of 1971 at what was then the Boise State College campus to be interviewed for a position in the recently formed theatre arts department, I hid my disappointment upon first viewing the Subal Theatre. I had taught classes and directed plays for five years at the University of California, Riverside, which had a state of the art theatre facility. But I wanted to escape both the southern California smog and what I felt were declining resources at the time for that state’s higher education system, so I accepted the Boise job when it was offered in spite of my unspoken reservations. Continue reading
