2020-05, May 2020 (Irwin) | Issues

Our 2020 Fiction Contest Winners

IDAHO magazine’s 2020 Fiction Contest Winners have been chosen. All the victors will receive IDAHO magazine’s Tensegrity Award, a beautiful and intricate handmade structure of sticks and string held together through tension and compression, without the need for glue or any … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 8, 2020 by The Editors / 1 Comment

Hunkered Down

By Kim Steinberg This story is offered free in its entirety this month. I am not isolating, quarantining, or sheltering in place. I am hunkering down. My world, near the Boise foothills, has shrunk to a pearl in the jewelry … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 1, 2020 by Kim Steinberg / Leave a comment

Irwin—Spotlight

A Socio-Economic Stew in Swan Valley Story and Photos by Daryl Hunter Hidden in the valley of Swan is a tiny burg called Irwin. Before moving to Irwin in 1993, the first place I landed in the Rocky Mountains was … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 1, 2020 by Daryl L. Hunter / Leave a comment

Small West

History in Wood and Nails By Keith Knight Photos by Lillian Baumgart A neighbor stopped by for a visit at my home shop in Hayden one afternoon and as we sat around shooting the breeze, he mentioned that one of … Continue reading →

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The Twelve Junipers of Wapi

Look but Don’t Move By Will Peterson Photos by Roger Boe Twenty years ago, the Craters of the Moon National Monument, so long confined to forty-five thousand acres, was extended by executive order to 750,000. It was the Big Lonely: … Continue reading →

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Flatbread/Caramels

By Amy Story Larson Furlough Flatbread INGREDIENTS 2 c. flour 1-1/4 c. lukewarm water 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1 tsp. kosher salt 1 Tbsp. melted butter Optional: powdered garlic or onion powder to taste for savory, or 2 Tbsp. sugar … Continue reading →

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May 2020 Calendar

By Les Tanner Many cancellations or changes in these events are likely to occur because of concerns about the coronavirus disease Covid-19. We nevertheless show them here, because one goal of the magazine, including the Calendar, is to show what … Continue reading →

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Beloved Trumpeter

The Swans’ Resurgence Sparks Research Story and Photos by Paige Miller On a late May morning in the heart of Bear Lake Valley, I sat in the passenger seat of a pickup truck while a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Continue reading →

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Trail-Blasters

Teenagers Who Forged Our Wilderness Hikes By Dan Eaton Photos courtesy of Dan Eaton When you read the logs of backcountry trips in the Big Horn Crags area of the Salmon River Mountains, they describe Beaver Slide Trail as beautiful … Continue reading →

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Minority Rapport

A Chick Ducks In By Marylyn Cork The feed store owner scooped fifty sunshine-yellow chicks into a crate for me to take home to raise. Those leghorns were cute, yes. But my eye was caught by twenty-five peeping bits of … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: 2020-05, May 2020 (Irwin)

Our 2020 Fiction Contest Winners

Hunkered Down

Irwin—Spotlight

Small West

The Twelve Junipers of Wapi

Flatbread/Caramels

May 2020 Calendar

Beloved Trumpeter

Trail-Blasters

Minority Rapport

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