Homage to a Medical Couple By F.A. Loomis A dog-eared supply of magazines (Good Housekeeping, Boy’s Life, Saturday Evening Post, Readers’ Digest) decorated a glass coffee table and bookshelves, a gurgling aquarium featured angelfish and goldfish, checkerboard linoleum
Or Possibly Not By Steve Carr My wife and I went out for dinner last night. An eager young waiter greeted us, took our drink order, and returned promptly to see what tempted us from the menu. As
Wet-Run Research Story and Photos by Kris Millgate I’m looking at a lot of black. Black bark on the banks. Black bodies in the water. The bodies belong to snorkelers wearing dark wetsuits. They’re crawling facedown in a
In the Secret Patch By Karlene Bayok Edwards, photos by Jan Yensen This story is offered free of charge in its entirety for the first week of August. Huckleberries. Just the word conjures halcyon summer days of tangy,
By Ruby Tanner Family-oriented and “affordable” Idaho events get a free listing in our calendar. Here’s how to submit: Deadline: The first of each month. Lead time: Two issues. Next deadline: September 1 for the November issue. Send
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Mountain-Climbing with the Master By Elijah Weber As we ascended the mountain, we swung our ice axes into the snow and listened for sharp reports, hoping to get solid purchase in the ice hidden beneath. Reassuring thumps radiated
Fine Fisherman, Better Storyteller By Garth Profitt On a March day in the 1950s, Rich Hines heard Billy Rosencrantz’s around-the-corner whistle and said, “Here comes Rosie.” The Hines brothers lived on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fifth
Still Standing after All These Years By Melinda Stiles Winter came early there and lingered late, increasing the sense of isolation. But friendship became more all-inclusive and intimate. — J.H. Holst, teacher at Gibbonsville School, 1902-1905, from Follow
But Worth the Trouble By Toinette Dickey In the spring of 1983, on a promising day for crops to come, my husband Alton Browne disked the field just west of the house beyond the irrigation ditch at our
