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...
Tagged: reflection
Notes from a first-year Festival volunteer
By George Alexander Wood Jr. Reader Contributor It is long past midnight, and I am doggone exhausted. My sweaty volunteer shirt, civilian clothes and Production Crew polo hit the floor in time with me...
Emily Articulated: Thank you
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Well, Sandpoint, it is officially the end of the year. And that means it is time to reflect on the 365 days behind us, to enjoy the last few...
Fidelity and Family
By Toni Kolb Reader Contributor I think back on my fluctuating childhood and smile. The ups and downs — it was a journey of memory making. I remember the seasons of beans and rice...
The view from the bench
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer I had a lot of coaches growing up. Between volleyball, basketball, soccer and tennis, I listened to a lot of different advice between the ages of 8 and...
When You’re Smiling: Part 1
By Tim Henney Reader Contriabutor It’s difficult to describe how powerful several bulging bookcases of vinyl, long-play records have been in shaping my life. A 1956 Cal-Berkeley co-ed has been central to this feeling...
Sandpoint and the Roman Empire
By Mark Reiner Reader Contributor My wife and I are two of those “back-to-the-land” hippies Ben referenced in one of the earlier “Redoubt” articles. A large portion of us moved back to the land...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: A column about the trials and tribulations of Parkinson’s Disease
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist Parkinson’s Disease is a thief. It is insidious. It is sneaky. It is destructive. It sneaks up unsuspected and does its best to diminish one’s quality of life, self-esteem...
Is your heart a black hole?
By Marjolein Groot Nibbelink Reader Contributor A solitary friend and I spent a week in a cabin in Covelo, Calif., speaking of astrophysics while I was cross referencing Bill Bryson’s “A Short History Of...
This is the place
By Tim Henney Reader Contributor My 1957 bride and I twice lived in Geneseo, Ill., a prosperous farm town of 7,000 joyful souls in Henry County, “Hog Capital Of The World.” It might be...
