Mad About Science: Crater Lake
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There are some things in life that just have to be experienced. Pictures on the internet can’t properly convey the indescribable majesty of some natural places. Crater Lake is...
Tagged: travel
Emily Articulated: Notes from Norway — Same same, but different
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There’s something unique about traveling in a place where things are similar enough to be familiar, but different enough to make you latch onto its discrepancies with complete focus....
Emily Articulated: Norway
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Steam ripples off my coffee mug, fogging the glass of the large window in front of me. I use my shirt sleeve to wipe my view clear. A bustling...
The Sandpoint Eater: The edible journey
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist The last month has been a whirlwind of travel. I’ve been preparing for these trips for what has felt like a lifetime (in COVID years, that’s two years). I’ve...
Packed for Portugal
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff On paper, Cindy Marx is retiring. In reality, she is launching on a grand adventure. Marx will work her last day as executive director of Sandpoint nonprofit Community Cancer...
The art of nothingness
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is an art to doing nothing. In this workaday world dominated by how many items we can cram into our daily lives, some might confuse the art of...
The Sandpoint Eater: Chaos and angst
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Separating fear and fiction from facts has become an enormous task in these crazy times. For me, being in the travel business has brought another layer of anxiety. Right...
The Sandpoint Eater: A year of food
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist Standing tall on the counter in my kitchen is a brand-spanking-new, commercial mixer (a gift from all my children). The new mixer replaced my Kitchen Aide, which, after 40...
The Sandpoint Eater: A day with Darina
By Marcia Pilgeram Reader Columnist I’ve circled this island so many times, anxiously peering out the window as the airplane dips and banks, offering me a glimpse of the variegated green landscape of my...
Wasteland Weekend: Four days of Halloween with Mad Max fanatics
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor A lot of questions go through your mind when a strange woman is about to spit wine in your face. Chief among them: Why did I agree to this? And...
