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The Matriarchs of Cindy Drive

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Janice Pollard / Comments Off on The Matriarchs of Cindy Drive

By Janice Pollard Photos courtesy of Janice Pollard In 1959, two women who had separately helped to design their all-brick, ranch-style homes moved into them across the street from each other in what was then a brand-new subdivision
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The Settling Pond

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Wayne Fuller / Comments Off on The Settling Pond

Disaster Barely Avoided By Wayne Fuller When I was a young child, I wandered away from home frequently. I was the eighth of nine children, and my mother often delegated one of my six older sisters to try
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Go to the Customers

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Max Jenkins / Comments Off on Go to the Customers

A Backwoods Strategy By Max Jenkins When I was a kid, I liked to listen to my dad while he was on the telephone, because it was always entertaining. He was the county agent of Idaho County in
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An Interlude

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Aisha Marie / Comments Off on An Interlude

After All the Changes By Aisha Marie Death has nothing to do with going away. The sun sets, the moon sets, but they are not gone. ~ Rumi   Mom and I didn’t have the closest of relationships.
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Someone’s Gift

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Holly Montgomery / Comments Off on Someone’s Gift

A Small Beaded Purse By Holly Montgomery In winter the landscape outside my windows in Clearwater sparkled in white like a painting on a china plate from a past era. In spring, my home’s interior spoke a different
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The Middle of Nowhere

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Tom Lopez / Comments Off on The Middle of Nowhere

Sounds Good to Me By Tom Lopez As a child, I received many Christmas cards from Idaho at our home in Michigan. The first one I can date with any certainty, which arrived when I was eight years
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Her Gnarled Hands

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Lynne Larson / Comments Off on Her Gnarled Hands

Life and Death in Downey By Lynne Larson “So you’re from Idaho.” The old gentleman next to me struck up the conversation as we waited for a church meeting to begin in the large western city where I
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Over the Trail and Down the River

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Gary Oberbillig / Comments Off on Over the Trail and Down the River

The Mystery of an Old Canoe By Gary Oberbillig My stepfather, Austin Case, liked to assure any dogs he encountered that they were “a nuisance, an abomination, and a detriment to mankind.” He would say this in the
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Take the High Ground

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Max Jenkins / Comments Off on Take the High Ground

Two Strategic Lessons By Max Jenkins When our family moved to Grangeville in December 1946, we became part of the Idaho’s largest county by area. Idaho County is bigger than New Jersey and only slightly smaller than Massachusetts.
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Love Letters from Big Creek

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Karlene Bayok Edwards / Comments Off on Love Letters from Big Creek

1935-1939 By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos from the Joe and Marcella Bayok Collection ’ve often wondered how my parents got together. They were so different. Mother was tiny, fine-boned, and quick. Dad was tall, big-shouldered, and steadfast. She
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