Wind through a million needles
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Last week, the transition into fall was complete when I lit the first fire in our woodstove at home. After sitting idle for months, this hunk of inert metal came...
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Sandpoint’s silent residents
An exploration of local cemeteries By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Wandering the grassy paths of any of Sandpoint’s historic cemeteries, it’s hard not to wonder what cruel twist of fate might have sent each grave...
Emily Articulated: Reflections of fall
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist And just like that, it feels like fall. It’s not the temperature, exactly. Nor is it the reddening leaves or the turning of a calendar page. It’s the way the...
Mad About Science: Pumpkins
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s that time of the year where every coffee shop smells like one thing and one thing only: pumpkin spice. It’s interesting that the smells involved with pumpkin spice...
Touched by the change
By Robin Lantrip Reader Contributor It started with a brisk chill in the morning air. The meadow began dressing in longer birch and fir shadows. The evening scent held a wisp of tamarack smoke...
Pass me the pumpkin spice
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I take pride in my coffee order: a 12-ounce dark roast drip, hot, no room. There’s a simplicity and subtle badassery to drinking your coffee black, but in reality,...
Single in Sandpoint: Fall
By Scarlette Quille Reader Columnist I am not really sure why I despise the autumn season. Temperate weather, beautiful scenery and “harvesting” everything from pumpkins to elk is just not enough to get me excited....
Why do leaves change color in the fall?
By Ben Olson Reader Staff With the cooler temperatures of late, evidence of fall is everywhere. This time of year, the leaves of deciduous trees begin their magical transformation—exploding in a phalanx of autumnal...
