In the Absence of Multigrain By Steve Carr I grew up eating white bread. What kid from the 1960s, living in eastern Idaho in a house with a two-car garage and a half-acre of lawn, didn’t love our
High on the Mountainside By Marylyn Cork Autumn is here. The short northern summer has slipped by with very little of the heat, fire, and smoke many of us had feared. The only blaze of any consequence was
In a Digital Universe By Steve Carr My wife and I decided to go to a 10:30 movie. Yes, despite our age we occasionally do silly, impulsive things after the evening news. Unlike our children however, we calculate
A Meditation on the Mountains By Marylyn Cork We often hear the term “sense of place.” But what does it mean? The best definition I’ve found is that it’s a strong identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants
Help Us Keep Good Manners and Always Seek the Light By Steve Carr I can’t swear to it, but I’m pretty sure the man giving the prayer concluded with, “And help us keep the bananas in the fridge
Not for Most City Folk By Marylyn Cork It’s a lovely morning on this hill where I live. The sun beams from an almost-cloudless azure sky. Northern Idaho’s soil and our densely forested mountains desperately need rain already
The Road That Joined the Halves By Marylyn Cork I first heard about the history of the old North and South Highway from my father. It seemed to fascinate him a little, although he didn’t become an Idahoan
It’s Greek to Idaho By Steve Carr Many historians maintain that the celebrated Greek physicist and fly fisherman, Archimedes, was in Greece, not Idaho, when he realized the water his body displaced in the bathtub was the result
They’re Gross but Entertaining By Marylyn Cork It’s daylight and here they come, racing pell-mell down the mountainside, tumbling over themselves in their haste. Across the county road, up to the top rail of the yard’s fence. These
An Idaho Colloquialism By Steve Carr If you’ve lived in Idaho more than a few years, chances are you’ve heard a discussion about what those ditches that run along the side of our county roads are called. I
