Who’s a Germaphobe? Story and Photos by John O’Bryan The cheap hotel I found somewhere in Idaho (its name is omitted to protect the innocent, and the guilty) had a very nice website, with reasonable prices, and all
Fly-Tying Gone Rogue By John O’Bryan When my wife Kelly found me in the deepest recess of her closet unraveling her best sweater, a feather duster tucked under one of my arms and a fur-lined hat under the
Halt, You Swine By John O’Bryan “Hey, you guys need help?” I asked through the rolled-down window of my pickup. My wife Kelly, our daughter Molly, and I had just come upon two very large pigs strolling down
A Hermit in the Outhouse By Carver Stellmon I left Lewiston around four-thirty in the afternoon on Memorial Day 2010 after a weekend spent watching college baseball. By nine at night, I was parked in Knife Edge Campground
Gremlins in Hiding Story and Photos by John O’Bryan When I moved to Idaho in 1984, I was sure I would find places to fish but the only fish I found were tiny ones, like the kind I
Things Beautiful and Forbidden Story and Photos by John O’Bryan The holiday season is over, I’ve killed and eaten the fatted turkey (twenty-two pounds of juicy, golden tryptophan) the tree is down, the party hats and confetti of
And a Produce War By John M. Larsen In 1952, when polka music was popular, four of us Marsing High School Band members started the Achtung German Band, which consisted of Bud Shields on clarinet, Cecil Horrace on
Just What Someone Always Wanted By John O’Bryan Long ago, when my youngest son Christian was three or four years old, he wanted to be two things when he grew up: a fire truck and a banana. This
It Ate Ornaments for Lunch Story and Photos by John O’Bryan Kelly and I have been married for close to thirty-five years and in that time we have had our fair share of disagreements, although I’d hesitate to
Every Silver Lining Has One By Les Tanner The other morning, as I was trying to wash a bit of toothpaste out of my eye, it occurred to me to wonder why mishaps occur in bunches. Sometimes they
