Mike’s Corner: It came to me
By Mike Wagoner
Reader Contributor
I hang tomato plants upside down in the windows of my cabin just before the frost, allowing all those green ones to slowly ripen as …
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In search of conkers
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
My old Montessori school once stood imposingly tall — for a toddler — between the Sandpoint Charter School and the roaring traffic of U.S. Highway …
Emily Articulated: Estate sale
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I Googled, “How to organize an estate sale,” staring at my screen as the six-step description bounced off my eyes, not quite penetrating my brain. …
LIving Life: Become the Voice for a Foster Child — Become a CASA
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
A foster child’s journey is one like no other, and often they feel unheard. They are placed in the homes of strangers where they are …
Living Life: Winter time blues
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As the time changes and the days get shorter, people often struggle with feeling down or like they have less energy. That often gets compounded …
Living Life: Country trauma and healing
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Once again our country is in a state of acute stress. We’ve experienced something so horrific that we struggle to make sense of it and …
Living Life: Helping children in troubled times
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As grownups, we, too, have been traumatized by the recent events in the world, and with the recent school shooting in Spokane it hit really …
Living Life: Back to school
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As August arrives and summer begins to wind down, it will soon be time to get ready for a new school year. Whether your summer …
Living Life: Volunteerism
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
“You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.”
—Winston Churchill
As the volunteer education and youth …
Living Life: What helps make a good marriage?
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
— Robert Quillen
The secret to a good marriage is an interesting question, and if …
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