By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist We received our first negative review recently. It came from someone we’ve never even met, let alone worked for. It came from someone disappointed in our inability to...
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The ability to learn isn’t a human-specific trait. Every organic creature from the blue whale to bacteria have some capacity for learning — otherwise we would never have evolved...
By Bonnie Jakubos Reader Contributor Picking blueberries is on my list of Favorite Things About North Idaho. I hasten to assure local huckleberry aficionados that I am not dissing their obsession. Indulging in those...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist If my brain had a chamber that held all the existential dread I could carry about the state of the world, it would have a heavy door with a...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s official: My love affair with Summer has ended. We are no longer on speaking terms, and it’s anyone’s guess when relations will be repaired. Chances are it’ll never...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist As we’re all far too familiar with right now, living in a place that is susceptible to extreme weather and environmental patterns is humbling. Multiple times a year, we’re...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist We make money off dying trees and wildfire-ravaged landscapes. Business booms when there are windstorms and droughts. We are disaster capitalists. Some days, I’m not sure how I...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I spent the past two weeks touring Alaska — chasing clear, sunny days and plotting map points in coastal fishing towns, quirky backpacking communities, state parks, national parks, reserves...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One of my favorite lines in Bill Watterson’s iconic comic strip Calvin and Hobbes is when Calvin remarks to his imaginary pet tiger Hobbes: “Sometimes I think the surest...
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer Reader Contributor My husband and I went on a delightful five-day backpacking trip in the Cabinet Mountains last week. Different vegetation layers along the 3,000-foot elevation difference displayed glacier lilies just...
