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The war of the Ortega diced green chiles: 2023 update
Nancy and Darryl Frick encased a can of Ortega Diced Green Chiles inside a big brother can of whole green chiles discovered when received on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Salmon, Idaho. The smaller can adorned with a green feather pays tribute to a favorite film of ours, “Start the Revolution Without Me” in which a befuddled King Louie (Hugh Griffith) arrives dressed as an ornate chicken. “I thought it was a costume ball,” he mutters as he makes his way through the crowd. (© 2023 Cindi Christie/Cyanpixel)

The war of the Ortega diced green chiles: 2023 update

The war of the Ortega diced green chiles: 2023 update A version of this story originally written for friends was published in the Contra Costa Times in 2009 By Cindi…

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Charcoal kilns in Idaho
The remains of what were once 16 charcoal kilns built in 1886 by Montanan Warren C. King bask in the sun at the Charcoal Kilns Historic Site on Friday, July 10, 2020, in Lemhi County, Idaho. Four kilns in various states of preservation can be viewed on a self-guided tour after a 5-mile drive on a gravel road. The brick kilns were used to turn timber into charcoal. The charcoal powered a smelter in Nicholia, across the Birch Creek Valley, to process lead and silver from the Viola Mine. The kilns are now part of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. (© 2020 Cindi Christie/Cyanpixel)

Charcoal kilns in Idaho

Five miles up a rugged, dusty gravel road off Highway 28 in Lemhi County, Idaho, rise four preserved remains of what were once 16 clay charcoal kilns. The enormous domed…

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Snow business but my own
Rare snow on some of the peaks surrounding Livermore, Calif., is visible shortly after sunrise on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (© 2019 Cindi Christie/Cyanpixel)

Snow business but my own

  Snow in the San Francisco Bay Area is rare. While other parts of the country can't wait to get rid of their snow and cold weather, it is such…

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