With Guileless Cheer By Steve Carr My two year-old niece navigates life backwards. That’s right. Her parents strap her in a back seat of the car, facing backwards. At first it seemed rather cruel to me, but I’m
The Allure of Rustic Living By Diana Hooley People are drawn to pop culture, sports culture, or the culture of their heritage—but cabin culture? I’d never heard this term before my friend Paul used it to describe the
Expressions under Wraps By Steve Carr Our talented and tolerant editor has learned to send me a reminder before my column is due. I doubt he needs to do that with his other contributors. For that I say
Almost Like Home By Diana Hooley I’ve lived in Idaho a long time, but my mother moved here late in life. She’d been living in the place she was born and raised in West Virginia, and the move
And the Open World By Steve Carr I’m mostly an outdoor guy, but by mid-January reading beside a fire becomes my friend again. Like many of you, I grew up reading books. Books I cradled in my hands,
By Diana Hooley I’m waiting for the first snow to fall—and I’m not alone. Of all the different weather phenomena, what is it about snow that causes us to look forward to it with such excitement? Maybe it’s
Almost Forgotten By Steve Carr As we left our family’s favorite pizza joint the other day, I saw my daughter taking a picture of the sign above the door. I had to ask. “Oh,” she said, “I’m trying
Halloween Tales By Diana Hooley Several places in Idaho are said to be haunted. I was reminded of this while talking to my two tweener grandchildren as I drove them to town to get a hamburger. It was
We Were All Explorers Once By Steve Carr Pedersen Sportsman Park was once a nondescript rocky spit of land surrounded by a river in a high desert plain. In 1865 the tiny island on the Snake River hosted
A Failed Thermal Grade By Diana Hooley Summer’s a great time to sleep outdoors, to bed down on the front porch, or in a tent, or to cowboy camp in the open air. Idaho nights are often cool,
