Category: Personal history

Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Featured / Memories / Personal history / Politics / Random Digital Madness / Zach Hagadone

January 25, 2025

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 …

Back of the Book / Memories / Personal history / Random Digital Madness / Sandy Compton / Sports and Outdoors

January 15, 2025

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 …

History / Memories / Personal history / Politics

January 8, 2025

Jimmy Carter and Cecil Andrus exemplified public service

By Helen Newton
Reader Contributor

It was in October 1976, before he was elected, that I met Jimmy Carter. Well, to be fair, I didn’t actually “meet” him; but, in …

Emily Articulated / Emily Erickson / History / Memories / Personal history

January 1, 2025

Emily Articulated: TEOTWAWKI

By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist

If you’re reading this, the world is still spinning, and we’ve survived to swap our old calendars for new ones. This sentiment — the quiet …

Back of the Book / Health / Local Elections / Memories / Opinion / Personal history / Politics / Soncirey Mitchell

January 1, 2025

New Year’s resolution: Cry more

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

It’s been far too long since I’ve had a good, cathartic cry — one that lets the emotion wash over me so I can process …

Arts & Culture / Back of the Book / Ben Olson / Featured / History / Living Life / Memories / Personal history / Random Digital Madness / Soncirey Mitchell / Zach Hagadone

December 28, 2024

Notes on a vicennial deadline

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

This week marks 20 years since the first edition of the Sandpoint Reader hit the streets on Dec. 23, 2004. That feels like a trick …

Memories / Personal history / Pets & Animals

December 18, 2024

Even ‘good dogs’ die

By Tim Henney
Reader Staff

My son has buried my Best Friend Tippy in the backyard among the raspberry bushes.

She and I were roughly the same age: in our …

Emily Articulated / Emily Erickson / Holiday / Personal history

December 18, 2024

Emily Articulated: Presentness

By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff

The holidays often prompt a lot of reflection, turning me inward as much as pulling me outward. Maybe it’s the ritual of stringing lights and …

Featured / Personal history / Pets & Animals / The Straight Poop

December 17, 2024

A farewell message from Drake the Dog

By Reader Staff

Editor’s note: Drake the Dog was the “author” of “The Straight Poop” column for the Reader from July 2015-February 2018. The below piece is his final dispatch, …