‘An Experience of Humanity’
By McCalee Cain Reader Staff By day, the Oak Street Food Court is a bustling local food mecca. Come 7 p.m. on a Friday evening, however, Improv Cafe transforms the area into an intimate,...
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Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist Before moving to Sandpoint nearly 10 years ago, I was a dyed-in-the-wool city girl. I was born in New York City, grew up in L.A., built an ad agency...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Contributor In all of the fray still playing out from this political cycle, I can’t help but be mystified at the level of division between the people of our country....
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, that’s when we’ll know peace.” Jimi Hendrix I love a good synchronicity, don’t you? A synchronicity is a series...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist It probably isn’t a news flash that the middle class is floundering. Between 2007 and 2010, the Federal Reserve concludes that the median American family lost 39 percent of...
Opening hearts and minds
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist As Bill Clinton said in a 2014 speech, “We’re less racist. We’re less sexist. We’re less homophobic than we used to be. We only have one remaining bigotry—we don’t...
Opening Hearts and Minds:
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist What do the Declaration of Independence, Columbus’ sails, and Henry Ford’s first Model T have in common? Give up? They were all made of hemp, and the Model T...
Opening hearts and minds: The power of … the pause
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist Once upon a time, there lived a Boomer Babe in a perfectly picturesque town. She was funny, she was kind, and for the very, very first time—life was easy....
Opening hearts and minds: We See What We Believe
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist Many moons ago, my boyfriend and I stopped by an International House of Pancakes for a late night snack. We sat at a table closest to the entrance, and...
Opening hearts and minds: Telling ourselves a different story
By Suzen Fiskin Reader Columnist If I were to ask you to tell me about yourself, odds are that you would launch into the story of your life. It’s probably the same tale you’ve...
