Not Totally Sure By Heather Potter Photos courtesy of Heather Potter One morning in 2021, a couple of days before the end of our six-day annual camping trip to Deadwood Reservoir in Valley County, I was enjoying coffee
Canine Social Media Story and Photos by Mary Terra-Berns As soon as my dogs and I are out the door every day, usually before the sun is up, their noses are a nanometer off the ground, analyzing what
Ninety Pounds of Rancid Fur Story and Photos by John O’Bryan In our thirty-five years of marriage, Kelly and I have brought into our lives a total of three dogs, two cats, five bunnies, one bird, twelve chickens,
Not Meant Nicely By John M. Larsen No sooner had I settled in at my desk to get the feel of things on my first day in 1994 as the City of Marsing’s superintendent when the door burst
In the Dead of Night By Janice Pollard Photos courtesy of Janice Pollard Winter days in the Wood River Valley are dazzling, crisp, and sunshiny, with nights that can become freezing cold, although when the moon shines brightly,
Ode to the Past Story and Photos by Desiré Aguirre When I was three years old, a photographer came to our suburban neighborhood with a Shetland pony. He had the complete setup: he’d place a cowboy hat and
A Walking Metaphor Story and Photos by Khaliela Wright Some things take you by surprise, but it seems as if every month in 2020 was like that. Even so, I would not have put a blind, genderless cat
An Unusually Fine Feathered Friend By Bryan Hancock Near 1st Street in Idaho Falls, an offshoot canal from the Idaho Canal runs along the south edge of Falls Valley and continues onto Hidden Village, and then to Sand
Served Up by the Dog Whisperer By India Caedmon Photos by Stephanie Tsuneko To those of you who are grounded, the Aldape Pass is a dip in the mountains adjacent to the Treasure Valley—a relatively untouched stretch of
An Idaho Idyll Story and Photos by Peter Zheutlin The first and only time I had previously been in Idaho was nearly a half century ago. Coincidentally, I had then traversed the state across its narrow panhandle, as
