August 12 is World Elephant Day
I've been lucky enough to meet a few elephants on assignment or on my own. They are marvelous animals and deserve to thrive in the wild. Performing Animal Welfare Society…
As the water falls
As the hot weather cranks up, it's time for some liquid refreshment. Exploration of Idaho continued this spring with a visit to Upper Mesa Falls and, just about a mile…
Dugout Dick an Idaho legend
Dugout Dick lived the hermit lifestyle long before a virus forced people indoors.
Are Idaho pictographs a shaman’s dream?
The way people communicated visually with each other before the advent of ink and paper has fascinated me. A roadside attraction along the Salmon River offers a geology lesson and…
Feathery Frost: This Ice is Nice
Feathery frost coated the landscape after a cold, foggy night in Salmon, Idaho, on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. National Weather Service folks and online authorities seem to disagree on what…
Look! I can grow something
Look! I can grow something (updated) Last fall we planted more than 100 bulbs in hopes of a colorful garden this year. We left behind hundreds of tulips, daffodils and…