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In the midst of summer heat, wild horses could not drag me away from my air conditioned house. But they almost did! When I first got word of the Saylor…

On our 250th birthday, how are we doing as a nation?  This is what Americans say about our nation and its institutions in a recent Wall Street Journal-NORC survey: 40%…

The title is how I’ve been talking after the exhausting July  4th celebrations which is to say in tongue twisters supplied by random snatches of thoughts. Just in time to…

The biggest event of the year in Buhl is the Fourth of July. The two-day celebration is appropriately called Sagebrush Days, one of the few plants in existence before irrigation…

Summer brings family reunions.  I was born and raised here so I have a lot of cousins in the area.  My family on both sides came from Germany.  They ended…

My dad loved children. He was primarily a girl dad with four girls and one boy.My brother was steady, quiet, and cheerfully followed rules. His sisters were not only an…

Did you know that spending time in nature helps keep your heart healthy, boosts the immune system, promotes better sleep, reduces stress, and sparks creativity? That makes me want to…

School is out for the summer. What do we do now? I asked teachers and kids on the last day of school what they planned to do on the first…

How did you spend Memorial Day weekend? For many, it’s the first camping trip of the year which frequently gets rained out. I can’t camp because I no longer have…

The year 1967 was a year of firsts: first heart transplant, first ATM, first 60 Minutes, first Super Bowl, and first Big Mac! To my knowledge, it was also the…