In Search of the Black Swift By Mike Blackbird In mid-July, my birding companion, Theresa Potts, and I made our annual land odyssey to Shadow Falls in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest, in pursuit of arguably the most
Day Brings Night and Brightness By Jerry W. Davis My love of all things celestial can be traced back five decades, to late-night forays in the foothills above my small Wyoming hometown. Dad piled us kids into
By Amy Larson Pocatello Pumpkin Cupcakes CAKE INGREDIENTS 1-3/4 c. all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 tsp. cinnamon 1/3 tsp. nutmeg 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree 1 cup
The Ghost Town a Mile from Home Story and Photos by Ernest J. Lombard The author, a retired architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA), was raised on a ranch in Bonneville County and has
Where Eagles Dare By Steve Carr I spent Labor Day weekend with my ninety-five-year-old mother. Her diet isn’t particularly good, with only a sweet roll and coffee each morning, yet she’s up before the rest of us, happily
Healing Walks in the Mountains By Melinda Stiles On mornings when I wake up on the wrong side of the day, I need only step outside and start walking. The mountains above my home in Carmen, near Salmon,
After the War, Would They Be the Same? By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos Courtesy of Karlene Bayok Edwards About 240 of the 1,145 civilian construction workers building a military base on Wake Island for the Morrison-Knudsen Company in
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A Garden in the Saddle By Shirley Metts On the northern slope of an extinct volcano’s spatter cone lies a small saddle, now called Eden Butte, and on this saddle sits the town of Eden, population 405 in
Deep in the Mountains, a Family Mine By Robin McRae Photos Courtesy of Robin McRae Recently, the author provided an account of minerals prospecting by his family as part of a 2017 report compiled by Richard H. Holm,
