Sandpoint moments
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It doesn’t matter if you were born and raised in Sandpoint, or just moved here last year — we all have those “Sandpoint moments” that …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It doesn’t matter if you were born and raised in Sandpoint, or just moved here last year — we all have those “Sandpoint moments” that …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Hot Springs People. If you know, you know.
While there aren’t any natural hot springs in our immediate region, drive a couple hours in any …
By Mike Wagoner
Reader contributor
It was right about the time I got my first real job… teaching school… when I decided to get a dog. I had taught that …
By Dick Sonnichsen
Reader Contributor
I love that title phrase. If only it were true.
Sadly, it isn’t. Not even close. It’s an oxymoron, a myth, a preposterous impossibility, a …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Darn! It’s already March. November is coming up fast, and I declared my 2020 candidacy for president back when the Trump got elected, but then …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I received a breaking news alert on my phone on Feb. 2, 2020, announcing the fact that the day’s palindromic date (02/02/2020) is the only …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The headline of this article comes from a book by poet and author Charles Bukowski, who lived a bitter, drunken existence periodically punctuated by moments …
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 …
By Cody Lyman
Reader Columnist
Leo
As you blow out the candles on your birthday cake, see if you can’t remember the thing you wished for the very first time …
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