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By Scarlette Quille
Reader Staff
When I was a kid, I watched Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” and read National Geographic religiously. Each episode and article gave me a new …
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Staff
When I was a kid, I watched Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” and read National Geographic religiously. Each episode and article gave me a new …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
Universal Fact number 784: People love repetition and complete lack of differentiation. People enjoy eating the same foods every day, watching the same …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s hard to think of a more awkward holiday pairing than Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day.
The collision of presidential birthdays and Valentine’s liturgical feast …
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
This weekend is Valentine’s Day. This column is dedicated to the trials and tribulations of being a single person in Sandpoint. I could go on …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The last time we peered into the abyss of Weird Amazon, it was the Christmas season, a time of innocence. The ground was covered in …
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? …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
It’s February, which means only one thing. It’s time to face the music of that dreaded holiday we all know is coming.
Presidents’ …
I saw you, and now I can’t shake you from my thoughts. There you are, captured in a Craigslist image that does you no justice.
You, well, you were smaller …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
Two days into the new year I find myself parked at the Dairy Depot drive-through while a very belligerent customer of mine loudly …
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
I am always behind. The fact that another year has passed by, and we are on the brink of starting a new year will not …
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