Our wild neighbors
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer When Diane Newcomer begins a new “Meet the Neighbors” presentation, she begins by introducing Benny. Benny is a rubber brown bat meant to replicate the size of an...
Category: Taxi Tales
Taxi Tales: The strange road from Cheyenne
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior People often find themselves in my cab telling me their strange stories. They talk about how the road brought them to me, how they were stranded and...
Taxi Tales: Free to be Weird
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior What’s red and blue and white? A ton of newborn mammals with weird residue on them, the socks I’m currently wearing, the British flag, the French flag,...
Taxi Tales: Strange times in the Pandhandle
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior In the off-season of sleepy little ski towns, the streets are lonely and vacant. Nights such as these only yield two options: I’m not going to do...
Taxi Tales:
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior Somewhere in the dark, dusty abyss that is my closet, there sits a worn box. Inside are toy Chevron cars from years past. These collector cars have...
St. Paddy’s Day Miracles:
By Louie de Palma Reader Road Warrior As we anticipate St. Patrick’s Day, we’re faced with an unusual question: Between the old-timey saints and modern miracle workers, whose stunt was better? Sure, Justin Timberlake...
Taxi Tales:
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 commercials over and over...
Taxi Tales: V-Day in Sandpoint
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’ Day. That’s right: the...
Taxi Tales:
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 than what I’m typically...
Taxi Tales:
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 demands a can of...
