When we swung and swayed
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
A recent New York Times carried the obituary of former big band vocalist Kitty Kallen. This, in part, is what it said: “Kitty Kallen, her …
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Miles and Me:
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
Charlie “Yardbird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie blew America’s musical roof off with bebop jazz in the late 1940’s. Softer, conventional jazz—my kind—languished. Their feverish screeching …
You asked for it… the Laddies of the Day
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
Within recent months this esteemed journal has run two features on Sandpoint’s wondrous Ladies Of The Day. Readers responded happily. Well, ladies did. But laddies? …
Good job, you princes of Sandpoint
By Tim Henney
Reader Staff
On Friday night, Nov. 13, the civilized world shuddered. One hundred and thirty people were slaughtered and 350 or more hospitalized in Paris by ISIS …
The Ladies of the Day: An encore
By Tim Henney
Reader Staff
My 1957 bride, Jacquelynn, and I once lived in Logan, Utah, a college town. The university president’s name was Kermit, like the famous frog. The …
The Old Man and the Trees
By Justin Henney
Reader Contributor
Ten years ago my mom and dad followed my wife and me and moved to Sandpoint. Our first daughter was born that June of 2005 …
The Ladies of the Day
By Tim Henney
Reader Humor Columnist
Willie, Waylon and other musical cowboys like to croon about ladies of the evening. Without ladies of the evening the early West as we …
For whom the Twin Towers tolled
By Tim Henney
Reader Columnist
Edmunds Triplett Jr. strode snappily down Hamilton Road from his rambling brick rancher in Ridgewood Heights. Sometimes, with a late start, Maggie drove him to …
As time goes by:
By Tim Henney
Reader Columnist
One of the major news stories of our time occurred recently and the world’s media barely mentioned it. That is because those who manage the …
The Great Pretender
By Tim Henney
Reader Humor Contributor
Determination, perseverance, preparation? Nonsense. Knowledge, ambition, experience? A myth. A firm handshake, a shine on your shoes and a smile? Baloney.
Such weary bromides …
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