The Sorry Saga of Great-Uncle Darrell By Carmen Magart By the time you’ve achieved a ripe old sixty, there’s usually a long list of characters who’ve played special parts in your life. Some of the actors along the way played … Continue reading
Stunned by Gifts and the Giving Story and Photos by Alice Schenk “Dad, Mom, there are some big birds out on the front lawn,” one of the Gentry children said to her parents on the sixth day of Christmas in … Continue reading
Endangered Family Farms Stick Together Story and Photos by Richard Mouser In 2005, my family made the decision to move away from the suburban neighborhoods of Eagle and buy an old home in the outskirts of Boise, on Hill Road. … Continue reading
A Place of Light and Hope Story and Photos by Bren Slade The light was dim inside the ambulance. My daughter lay breathing but unresponsive. Were there windows? I don’t remember. It was Christmas Eve. Five months earlier, I had … Continue reading
A Thunderbird Convertible By Max Jenkins On a pleasant evening in Grangeville in July 1955, I came home early from work and was helping Mom set the table when Dad pulled into the driveway. He’d been honking halfway up South … Continue reading
An Unstoppable Little Brother By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos courtesy of the author Ronny must have been almost four when he followed our dog Pete into the woods. We lived on a hill outside McCall and much of the land … Continue reading
A Struggle to Survive By Kirk and Madeline David In the summer of 2015, as we sat on our porch enjoying a sunny afternoon at our northern Idaho home on forested acreage just a few miles south of the sleepy … Continue reading
The Store as Polestar By Nancy Max Photos Courtesy of Nancy Max In late 1945, when my dad accepted a job checking groceries in the Eden store, our family moved there from Twin Falls. We lived in a small apartment … Continue reading
Uncle Sam Calls a Six-Year-Old By Ed Marohn Photos courtesy of Ed Marohn I stared at the framed certificate hanging on the wall with the other mounted items in my office—a sunny windowed room in our empty-nester home in Idaho … Continue reading
A Call to Yesteryear By Julie Conrad Photos courtesy of Julie Conrad Smelling the sweet scent of overripe huckleberries, I ditch my car and walk along the lane where our old cabin still stands, although our family doesn’t own it … Continue reading
