Free nerd
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
It’s no secret that I’m a nerd. I’ve waxed poetic about The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek enough in these pages for the …
Category: Memories
Oat milk and the truthfulness paradigm
By Mariela Rebelo
Reader Contributor
I’ve been thinking about truthfulness a lot lately. Mainly because lying and being lied to is apparently being normalized now, and we are at risk …
‘Hey, Rube’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I was a cub reporter at the Associated Press, stationed in the bowels of the pre-renovation Idaho Capitol, circa 2003, we had a CRT …
Beyond politics
By Pat Hart
Reader Contributor
I am retired. I worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 46 years, all of it in Boundary County, Idaho. I am not acting as …
The Memory Maker
By Ben Olson
Reader Contributor
Of all the human emotions, grief is perhaps the most complicated — and the most universal. Most of us have lost someone we loved, and …
Travis Robert Dickson, 45
Trav was born on May 21, 1979, in Santa Maria, Calif. He was happy-go-lucky; quick to smile; inquisitive; and lived his life with a focus on family, friends, and a …
Behind the jewelry counter at Bizarre Bazaar
By Kathryn Larson
Reader Contributor
Let’s go behind the scenes at Bizarre Bazaar, the unique upscale resale shop that generates nearly $250,000 for grants and scholarships in Bonner County Community. …
When heartbreak is a lost trail
By Ammi Midstokke
Reader Contributor
My favorite trail segment on my favorite trail in my favorite place in the world has been closed. I am heartbroken, despondent even, at what …
The art of the deal(ing) with it all
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The first time Donald Trump assumed the presidency of the United States, I quit my job as editor of Boise Weekly, we sold our …
A few thoughts… On learning to ski
By Sandy Compton
Reader Staff
Winter has finally arrived, though the frosting on my small forest looks more like December than January. Thankfully, the frosting is much thicker on our …
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