A Risk-Taker’s Crop By Lorie Palmer After Brent Uhlorn’s mom, Mary, told me where the golden field was located, I took a drive last August from Grangeville to see for myself. It was just as beautiful as she
By Amy Story Larson Our recipes this month come from Bobbette (Bobbi) Williams, a Blackfoot native whose mother, Sally Williams, delayed a cosmetology career to work hard in local potato processing plants. Sally recalls being elbows-deep in bread
By Les Tanner In spite of 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.
Tracing the Origins of Contemporary Idaho Story and Photos by Max Jenkins For a long time, I didn’t understand why the terrain varied so widely throughout much of Idaho. This mystery arose in my boyhood, after our family
Connecting Children to Nature By Mike Turnlund When I began my first year teaching at a small rural high school in Idaho’s scenic panhandle—surrounded by forests and water and mountains—it was a shock to realize that many of
The Legacy of Louis Peck By James Walker Photos Courtesy of Carol Peck Hill A memory comes rushing into my mind with goose bump-producing clarity. Louis Peck stares at me, his hands scrunched into the pockets of the
Where the Big Horns Draw Crowds By Ray James Photos Courtesy of Ray James In Nampa, we used to hold Tuba Christmas at the Karcher Mall, where people would listen to the live concert as they wandered around
Bliss for a Butterfly Guy By Les Tanner Photos by Susannah Newsome It was 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 3, 2019, when I bid goodbye to Jimmy the cat, promising to be back by dark (I’m not sure
Where Roots Run Deep By Jill Terhaar Lewis Buzz, buzz, buzz…my Tweety Bird alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. I spring out of bed to put on my new outfit of red, white, and blue—all right, maybe my
The Power of a Gesture Story and Photos by Lynda Huddleston On the second Friday of the month you could find most residents, especially the ladies, gathered in the front room to listen to Cowboy Andrew. At six-foot
