A Few Thoughts… On a few things
By Sandy ComptonReader Staff Skiing In the winter, if I don’t go skiing, I get grouchy, though I might not even realize why I’m grouchy until I’m not anymore. I’ve been grouchy. The past...
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Mad about Science: Peanut butter
By Brenden BobbyReader Staff Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are an American staple, but have you ever stopped to ask yourself why? What is it about solid nuts transformed into a non-Newtonian fluid that...
Winter Carnival 2026: Week 2
By Ben OlsonReader Staff As evident with the snowfall in the mountains this week, winter isn’t packing it in quite yet. A final week of Sandpoint Winter Carnival events has been planned for outdoor...
My bloody valentine
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff At this time of year, the world is abuzz with thoughts of love. Young and old couples turn their minds to chocolates and romantic dinners, and schoolchildren cut out paper...
From a $50 seed to $14,900
How a fourth-grade gingerbread house became a lesson in community, legacy and multiplying good By Reader Staff By the time the pizza boxes were opened and the checks handed over, six fourth-graders at Priest...
The ‘Service Being’
By Tom Kramer and Robens NapolitanReader Contributors I asked this visitor who he was and where he’d come from, and he said, “I am Service Being, and I come from far, far away. I...
A few thoughts… a year into Trumpery II
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist Trumpery n. pl. trump·er·ies 1. Showy but worthless finery; bric-a-brac. 2. Nonsense; rubbish. 3. Deception; trickery; fraud. — The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language For the past four...
Emily Articulated: Winter
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist There was a time when the word “bundle” meant smooshed cheeks into too-puffy coats, mittens slid onto red, wind-chapped hands; when “banks” were something filled with snow. “ICE” was something...
Jack Smith deposition gives insight into failed effort to hold Trump accountable
By Ben OlsonReader Staff While the nation popped champagne corks and checked out for the long holiday weekend on Dec. 31, 2025, House Republicans quietly released the transcript of special counsel Jack Smith’s Dec....
208 Fiction 2026 contest results
Here we present the winners of the fifth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel...
