Let’s talk about vampires
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 years, with smash-hits like...
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Altered perspective
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The last time I went up in a small aircraft from the Sandpoint Airport had to have been sometime between 2001 and 2002. A high-school friend of mine was...
Greetings from 2023: Send help
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Part of my weekly duties as publisher of the Reader is skimming through old newspaper archives for interesting news stories of the past for the column at left, “Old School...
The possessions we cherish
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Anyone who has seen the A&E show Hoarders knows what it’s like to see someone literally buried under the weight of their possessions. If you haven’t seen the show,...
I’ll be your hurtleberry
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s a confession I make at the risk of committing blasphemy, but I’ve never thought huckleberries are much of a novelty. That’s not to say I don’t like them,...
Sandpoint’s hip Canadian sister Nelson
By Ben Olson Reader Staff I’ve been visiting Nelson, B.C. regularly since high school. Back then, I owned the worst fake ID ever created, which was purchased from a shady store in Spokane during...
A few thoughts… On time and water
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist It’s the summer solstice and I’m walking through my lower briar patch. If you know me, you may know what I mean. If you don’t, you won’t. My stroll...
A thousand deadlines…
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As Reader Publisher Ben Olson pointed out in his “Dear Readers” column last week, I celebrated something of a milestone on June 14: My 1,000th deadline. That was an...
On the range
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I learned the art of the road trip early in life, thanks to my parents’ affinity for car travel. I can’t actually say that either of them are self-professed...
It takes a lot of work to relax
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It takes a lot of work to relax. When I was in my 20s, packing for a camping trip or a weekend away was a pretty simple affair. I’d...
