Emily Articulated: Bear vs. man
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
“If you were alone in the woods, would you rather encounter a bear or a man?” It was a prompt that started as a street …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
“If you were alone in the woods, would you rather encounter a bear or a man?” It was a prompt that started as a street …
Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Can you hear it? That’s the sweet sound of silence descending like springtime fog, blanketing the earth after the torrential downpour of primary election messaging. We’re …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
This past weekend, I flew to Boise to join my partner and his family in celebrating his brother’s college graduation. Showing up for one another’s …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
“I had to get out of Commie-fornia,” he said, eyebrows wagging, all anticipation of landing a shared joke.
It didn’t land. I had just been …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I had a notably bad day last week. Not the kind of bad day when anything catastrophic or earth-shattering happened, but a day where one …
By Emil Erickson
Reader Columnist
When I started this column, I was intrigued by other generations’ perceptions of the Millennials. We were the butt of jokes, reduced to and generalized …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I asked for the purple school bus instead of the yellow one with a busted tire. My older sister, keeper of the matchbox cars and …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I had a thought the other day, and it was something along the lines of, “Do I even like the clothes I pick out for …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
“In an era dominated by screens and characterized by fleeting attention spans, the written word stands as an enduring testament to the depth of human …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I’m approaching my seventh anniversary of living in Sandpoint. Upon my arrival, I had only the incredible surroundings, a new bartending gig and the online …
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