Tagged: childhood

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April 9, 2025

Emily Articulated: Growing up

By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff

One of the first things I did after moving to Sandpoint was enter a writing contest. I was pulled to the library by a flyer …

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 / Featured / History / Opinion / Random Digital Madness

July 7, 2024

Society vs. boys

By Conor Baranski
Reader Staff

As a high-school teacher, father of one boy and one girl, and just someone who is curious about society, the statistical decline of young men …

Arts & Culture / Music / Opening Hearts and Minds / Opinion

February 19, 2024

Now that we’ve heard from the boys…

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

Now that Reader Publisher Ben Olson and contributing writer Sandy Compton have given their two cents about Taylor Swift and her worshippers (see Nov. 17’s …

Movie Reviews / Music / Opinion

January 24, 2024

A meditation on the science of musical taste

By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Contributor

I recently revisited what can only be described as a cinematic and musical masterpiece of the 21st century: the 2003 film School of Rock, …

Living Life / Opinion / Politics / Volunteer Spotlight

December 13, 2023

The days of innocence

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

I recently interviewed a young lady named Raye Johnson for a feature story this week (read “Raye of Hope,” Page 15). To put it lightly, …

Humor / Living Life / Opinion / Sports and Outdoors

November 8, 2023

Why are you like this?

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

It’s come to my attention that my life story — such as it is — could be considered less than normal, due to the presence …

Opinion / Pets & Animals / Random Digital Madness

October 19, 2023

The Dog Outside the Light

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

There is a truism attributed to early-20th century weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest …

Changing Your Mind / Conservation Corner / Education / Health / Living Life / Opinion / Politics / Sports and Outdoors

August 30, 2023

The children just want to breathe

By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff

As fires rage in Idaho’s forests, the smoke hangs so thick sometimes in Sandpoint that its famous views take on a muted, ghostly pallor. Summer …