Training a bicycle army to take over Sandpoint
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist Have you seen the new “Mad Max?” Yes? No? If you have and you want to experience a little bit of what that world is like, get your bicycle...
Category: Humor
Taxi Tales: Our road warrior tackles love, North Idaho style
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior People love to make the argument that the “L word” is thrown around too casually these days. I disagree wholeheartedly. I think the real problem is that...
Bordering on Complete Sanity:
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist When we were children, we played an odd summertime game. We’d sit in the front yard of my grandparents’ trailer house/cabin within view of the highway, pick a color...
Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist If you are single, you know all too well that many of your friends and family are constantly badgering you about settling down. At times they even resort 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 world’s media lack the...
Single in Sandpoint:
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist I live a life where on any given day I may be privy to a conversation between an “adult” and a troubled adolescent. This simple exposure creates daily opportunities...
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 and homilies are for...
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-y days: Part 2
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In the mid 1970’s Sandpoint still had much of its small town flavor. The tourist industry was still in its infancy and the economy was largely timber based. The...
CHAFE 150 and swim officials declared biased
By Tim Henney Reader Humor Contributor Several decades ago when my wife, Jacquelynn, and I were even younger than we are now and were effete East Coast corporate urbanites (having already been collegiate California...
