She Lacks Appreciation By Steve Carr If you were to consider the year in terms of distinct parts, like twelve unique co-workers, how would you feel about June? July, for example, is often the center of attention, the
Hello to Wild Turkeys and Pocket Gophers By Marylyn Cork It’s spring in the Panhandle. Finally. I don’t suppose anybody who has never lived in a country with four distinct seasons understands what
But Not Spring Sandstorms? By Steve Carr On a modest spot overlooking Trail Creek among the trees in Sun Valley sits a memorial to Ernest Hemingway. Etched in stone are words he famously penned. “Best of all he
A Cabin-Fevered Cat By Marylyn Cork My cat Rambo is bored. Tired to death of winter. He longs to be outside chasing anything that moves, but too much snow has accumulated in my yard. Rambo came to me
You Can Never Tell Who Might Join In By Steve Carr The recent municipal elections were once again a revelation to me of just how much intestinal fortitude one must have to run for office. In Idaho Falls,
But Stay in Your Own Game By Steve Carr November can be rough in eastern Idaho, yet as I flew out of Idaho Falls and looked down on my hometown—only literally, mind you, not figuratively—it was bathed in
It’s Only Too Late When It’s Too Late By Steve Carr I’ll start playing when I get old,” has been my refrain for thirty-plus years when asked, “Do you golf?” I play tennis (and football with the kids
Amid Friends and Stranger By Steve Carr I attended my twenty- year high school reunion this past weekend. OK, maybe it was the thirtieth, or was it the fortieth? Somehow, I’ve misplaced a few decades in the middle.
For a Cleaner America By Steve Carr August is scout camp season in Idaho. When we were thirteen, we couldn’t think of a better place to enjoy the wonders of the outdoors, even if a campfire, burning sticks,
In the Adult Diaper Aisle By Steve Carr My friends and I had a real clubhouse growing up. Not just a summer haystack fort fantasy, it was a converted gardener’s cottage behind a large colonial on South Boulevard
