Worms on the pavement
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff If an advanced civilization of sentient rocks, or perhaps gaseous clouds, came to Earth in their starships, how would they perceive us? Would they recognize that humanity is made...
Category: Opening Hearts and Minds
Remembering, rewriting and reconnecting
By Jyl Wheaton-Abraham Reader Contributor I spoke recently at a public hearing regarding a permit request at the mouth of Trestle Creek. While numerous attendees raised concerns about wildlife, water quality and property rights,...
Mike’s Corner: Reality
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I got the call on a Sunday afternoon… It was a neighbor of my folks back in Walla Walla, where I grew up. I was in Nashville where I...
Boise Bound:
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer By day, she’s a therapist. By night, Jessica Chilcott is a politician, social activist and avid consumer of superhero television shows. And just like a superhero, Chilcott has...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist Before moving to Sandpoint nearly 10 years ago, I was a dyed-in-the-wool city girl. I was born in New York City, grew up in L.A., built an ad agency...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Contributor In all of the fray still playing out from this political cycle, I can’t help but be mystified at the level of division between the people of our country....
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, that’s when we’ll know peace.” Jimi Hendrix I love a good synchronicity, don’t you? A synchronicity is a series...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist It probably isn’t a news flash that the middle class is floundering. Between 2007 and 2010, the Federal Reserve concludes that the median American family lost 39 percent of...
Opening hearts and minds
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist As Bill Clinton said in a 2014 speech, “We’re less racist. We’re less sexist. We’re less homophobic than we used to be. We only have one remaining bigotry—we don’t...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist What do the Declaration of Independence, Columbus’ sails, and Henry Ford’s first Model T have in common? Give up? They were all made of hemp, and the Model T...
