Heart of the World: On the border of complete sanity
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
I am sitting amidst the high sources of one of the wildest, most beautiful streams Iíve ever seen; in one of the wild hearts of …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
I am sitting amidst the high sources of one of the wildest, most beautiful streams Iíve ever seen; in one of the wild hearts of …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint, the nominal capitol of the vague state of Montaho, was VERY busy last weekend. Hundreds of folks from as far away as Athol — …
By Mary Haley
Reader Book Reviewer
I review children’s and young adult books, so when Sandy Compton lent me his new Archer MacClehan book, the second in the series, I …
By Reader Staff
Blue Creek Press of Heron, Mont., announced this week the publication of “Voices in the Wilderness: A Collection of Wild Essays,” a collaboration of Friends of Scotchman …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Someone has written with black spray paint on a retaining wall beside the Highway 200 railroad overpass at the west end of Hope, “TRUMP! SAVE …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint resident—and planetary citizen—Gary Payton is in Paris attending COP21, the conference on global warming. On Tuesday, with the help of Idaho Conservation League (ICL), …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, my brother F.K. arranged a hike into a mountain lake, which several others fell victim to. Fishing King Compton would—and still …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
The mini-tempest caused by closure of Scotchman Peak Trail #65 for “aggressive mountain goats” is interesting; personally, professionally, and purely culturally. When the Forest Service …
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 …
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