A Privilege to Witness By Rachel Moore Photos by Michael Creger, Jr. and Rachel Moore Imagine driving down a snow-covered road in southeastern Idaho when out of nowhere a big 4×4 buck steps in front of the vehicle.
A Bejeweled Invader Story and Photos by John Shewey Mom might have been the first hummingbird feeder in Saint Anthony. We moved there from California in 1970, a time when providing sugar water in glass feeders for bedazzling
Invitations to Soar Story and Photos by Melinda Stiles Each winter my husband and I leave our beloved, frozen Idaho and migrate to the warmth of Arizona. Each spring I am rabid for our return. By April I
Ups and Downs on the Long Road By Les Tanner Take a look at this,” Randy said, taking out his phone and scrolling through its contents until he came to the frame he wanted. He turned the phone
Or Not, Sometimes By David E. Metcalf I pulled the box trap back from the hole. Would it be a dead gopher or a pile of dirt? If you own any land or live next to a vacant
Land of Sudden Sightings By Linden Bateman Every March since 2016, the author has written a story for this magazine in honor of Idaho Day on March 4, for which he introduced the legislation in 2014 as an
Story and Photos by Warren Clary When my wife Jeanne and I moved from Boise to Meridian in 2005, we acquired a new house on a nice-sized lot. The house was positioned off-center, within about six feet of
Why Are They There? Story and Photos by Ryan Richardson I woke to the sound of my phone buzzing emphatically, welcoming me to another ninety-five-degree day here outside Plummer. It was approximately 10 a.m. (I wasn’t exactly starting
Not Your Normal Neighbor Story and photos by Gary Brown Is it the alligator or maybe the multiple pythons hanging around that cause me to put my neighbor Corbin Maxey and his wife Sam at the top of
The Russian Way By Les Tanner Photos by Jan Boles I don’t know how it is elsewhere, but it’s almost a certainty that everyone who lives here in the Treasure Valley is familiar—maybe too familiar—with the large gray
