Category: Sandy Compton
Review: ‘The Girl Who Wouldn’t Stop Running.’
By Mary Haley
Reader Book Reviewer
I review children’s and young adult books, so when Sandy Compton lent me his new Archer MacClehan book, the second in the series, I …
Collection of personal wilderness tales from Montana released
By Reader Staff
Blue Creek Press of Heron, Mont., announced this week the publication of “Voices in the Wilderness: A Collection of Wild Essays,” a collaboration of Friends of Scotchman …
Bordering on Complete Sanity:
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Someone has written with black spray paint on a retaining wall beside the Highway 200 railroad overpass at the west end of Hope, “TRUMP! SAVE …
Sandpoint’s Gary Payton shares his thoughts on the Paris climate conference
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint resident—and planetary citizen—Gary Payton is in Paris attending COP21, the conference on global warming. On Tuesday, with the help of Idaho Conservation League (ICL), …
Bordering on Complete Sanity: Shuttered
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, my brother F.K. arranged a hike into a mountain lake, which several others fell victim to. Fishing King Compton would—and still …
Bordering on Complete Sanity:
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
The mini-tempest caused by closure of Scotchman Peak Trail #65 for “aggressive mountain goats” is interesting; personally, professionally, and purely culturally. When the Forest Service …
Bordering on Complete Sanity:
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
When we were children, we played an odd summertime game. We’d sit in the front yard of my grandparents’ trailer house/cabin within view of the …
Bordering on complete sanity:
By Sandy Compton
Reader Staff
Has it been hot or is it just me? OK. Damnably hot. Not hellishly hot, yet, but still.
A friend pointed out yesterday that if …
Bordering on complete sanity: Lame-ass drivers and big-ass trucks
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
This is for those who drive too close, too fast and too irresponsibly to deserve a driver’s license. When you bought the car (or your …
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