IN THIS ISSUE! Balanced Rock, Blackfoot, Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Council, Garden City, Idaho Falls, Lava Hot Springs, McCall, Mullan, Pocatello, Swan Valley, Twin Falls This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Register & Purchase Purchase
Remembrance of Things Past By Diana Braskich Since my birth in 1983 at Kootenai Memorial Hospital, or “The Big Blue Hospital,” as my friends and I loved to brag (as if being born at the nearest regional hospital
A Small-Town Girl in the Big Pageant By Loris Addington When the principal, Mr. Sayer, gave me a chore to do one day in the spring of 1955 at Council High School, I offered a smile and what
A Courageous Dreamer Battles Acrophobia to Scale Idaho’s Tallest Peaks By Alice Schenk I’m a fan of the old saying, “Dreams always come a size too big, so we can grow into them.” And it did take me
By Ruby Tanner Despite our efforts to ascertain that events listed in our calendar are described accurately, cancellations or changes due to weather, illness of performers, and other such things, although rare, are bound to occur. Double-checking with
A BioArt Field Trip Story and Photos by Kelly Ann Sheridan My high school students and I sat on the ground at the edge of Rainey Creek in Swan Valley, our paintbrushes in hand and watercolor paper in
A Grieving Mother Becomes Inspired By Erica Willenbring with Holly Herndon When I began feeling discomfort, I didn’t think anything of it. After all, I was twenty weeks pregnant with triplets, who were sharing the limited real estate
A Wind-Carved Icon By Connor Stewart Photos by Grace Chrysler-Stewart, Karsha Forever Studio In the evening of July Fourth this year, my brother Christian and I reached the top of a small plateau beside the iconic Balanced Rock
It’s Only Too Late When It’s Too Late By Steve Carr I’ll start playing when I get old,” has been my refrain for thirty-plus years when asked, “Do you golf?” I play tennis (and football with the kids
Idaho’s Oldest Books By Alessandro Meregaglia and Gwyn Hervochon Last year, when Boise State University hosted a traveling exhibit featuring Shakespeare’s First Folio, it was the first time the 1623 book had visited the state. As librarians and
