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Slant-Topped Tables

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Les Tanner / Comments Off on Slant-Topped Tables

And Other Useful Ideas By Les Tanner I read a book a while back entitled The Next Fifty Years. It consists of a collection of essays written by scientists from a lot of different disciplines. In each essay,
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Ward of the Flies

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Ray Brooks / Comments Off on Ward of the Flies

No Escape from the Bloodlust Story and Photos by Ray Brooks My most traumatic horsefly experience came at the tender age of twenty-two, as I maneuvered a raft through a small but very rocky rapid on the Middle
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Stalking the Wily Slug

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Ron McFarland / Comments Off on Stalking the Wily Slug

An Open-Season Blood Sport By Ron McFarland This late June rain has really brought out the slugs in our Idaho Panhandle yard. Armed with my deadly saltshaker, I nailed 115 last night. Noticing a couple on the sidewalk
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An Accident

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Kim Steinberg / Comments Off on An Accident

Several Accidents, Actually By Kim Steinberg On the drive home to Boise after a weekend in McCall, my husband Si and I zipped around a corner and looked twice. A forest-green sedan tilted over the shoulder on the
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In for a Penny

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Les Tanner / Comments Off on In for a Penny

Trying to Stay Sane in an Insane Time Story and Photos by Les Tanner This spring was a scary time, no doubt about it. An uncertain time. When most of the news seemed to be bad. When a
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Hang On, Cowboy

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Michael K. Edwards / Comments Off on Hang On, Cowboy

It’s Easy, Right? By Michael K. Edwards It can be chilly around the middle of October in southern Idaho’s Magic Valley. At six in the morning, before the sun has come over the horizon, it can be downright
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I’m from Idaho

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Michael K. Edwards / Comments Off on I’m from Idaho

And Willing to Admit It By Michael K. Edwards When I was in grade school in Hansen, growing up in Idaho was never a big deal for the obvious reason that just about all of my fellow students
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Hitting Ninety

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Roxie Olmstead / Comments Off on Hitting Ninety

Rethinking the Successful Life By Roxie Olmstead When I reached the age of ninety more than a year ago, common sense told me parts would wear out. But I didn’t expect this of my belongings. In my first
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Jimmy and Me

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Les Tanner / Comments Off on Jimmy and Me

Man’s Other Best Friend Story and Photos by Les Tanner This story is offered free in its entirety for the first part of May. This is about a cat. Just an ordinary cat. He hasn’t performed any heroic
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The Worst Timing

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Clell G. Ballard / Comments Off on The Worst Timing

Did It Have to Be That Song? By Clell G. Ballard Back in 1966, my then-fiancee Marilyn made plans for our wedding in our home church, one of Fairfield’s most important buildings, right on Main Street. That was
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