A grain of salt
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist When my granny died, I was half a world away in India. I had seen her just days before at her home in Oregon, where she pressed a copy...
Author: Lyndsie Kiebert
Mad About Science
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Coins hold a special place in the hearts of many Americans, though the average person doesn’t know the origin of most of the bits of metal jangling in their...
Use Idaho’s excess revenues to save lives, not more money
By Sen. Melissa Witntrow, D-Boise Special to the Reader What if you were hanging on the edge of a cliff and your friend leaned down and started rapping hard on your fingers, at the...
The caduceus
By Kathleen Huntley Reader Contributor When he was barely 18, and unable to vote in this country, my late husband had a caduceus tattooed on his upper right arm. He turned 18 on a...
Emily Articulated
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Well, it’s official. The year of curveball after curveball, of perpetually adapting to the unknown, and during which the unprecedented steadily became precedent, is coming to a close. If...
Christmas in character
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Better than classic Christmas movies are the Christmas episodes from the TV shows we know and love. Beloved characters reveal their holiday hang-ups, gatherings force tense relationships to breaking...
The bow box
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Like so many naive and ever-so-slightly conceited teenage girls growing up in the 2000s, I had a blog. It was a free WordPress domain with an obscenely long URL...
The 11th hour
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff According to Business Insider, there are 11 common traits of highly intelligent people: they’re adaptable, they understand how much they don’t know, they are curious about the world, they’re...
One more Christmas Eve
By Sandy Compton Reader Contributor Can you smell it? You remember. Rows of magic electric embers glow upon verdant tinseled boughs The fragrance fills the winter house Gifts piled on the felted cover Carefully...
Bits ‘n’ Pieces: December 23, 2020
By Lorraine H. Marie Reader Columnist East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling: On Sunday U.S. Congress agreed on a COVID-19 relief package. It...
