Emily Articulated: Notes from home
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
In the warm haziness of childhood memory, I remember my dad teaching me how to take down a wall. I gripped the hammer — not …
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Emily Articulated: Hamilton
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
This past week, while getting barraged by the whirlwind of local and national political fanfare, I found a foothold in positive political engagement by revisiting …
Emily Articulated Travel Diary: Returning home and escalation
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
We’ve rounded out the last week of our trip abroad with stops in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. In these cities, history is not only found …
Emily Articulated: Notes from Norway — Same same, but different
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
There’s something unique about traveling in a place where things are similar enough to be familiar, but different enough to make you latch onto its …
Emily Articulated: Norway
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Steam ripples off my coffee mug, fogging the glass of the large window in front of me. I use my shirt sleeve to wipe my …
Emily Articulated: Tipping
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I spent an entire decade of my life in a tip-based industry, waiting tables, tending bar and tour-guiding at everything from college pubs to fine …
Emily Articulated: Student loan (and) forgiveness
By Emily Erickson
Reader Contributor
I’m not proud of my initial reaction to the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness plan. The plan, announced last week, is a multi-pronged strategy …
Emily Articulated: Mid-August
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Now that it’s mid-August, it feels like summer has shifted just slightly, like it recognizes impending autumn on the horizon, while not quite letting go …
Emily Articulated: Rant, Rave and Domino’s
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I’m what I like to call a “silent observer” on the Sandpoint Rant and Rave Facebook page. I’m subscribed, but do not post or comment, …
Emily Articulated: Illusion
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
As a society, we love optical illusions. All I have to do is mention “the dress” and memories flash back to global internet feuds and …
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