A couple of weekends ago, I spent a couple of nights in Leadville, Colorado, at “Inn The Clouds Hostel & Inn.” I was on my own there and I survived. I had a friend voice a concern before I left Sanpete, “You’re going to stay in a 'hostile?'” I’m really not sure whether his ...

We’ve officially been in summer for several weeks. It’s been a hot one lately. Our weather is usually unpredictable. I’ve heard it said in Sanpete, that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes or travel five miles. That can literally be true around here. Summer is celebrated ...

Sometimes people give me comments on this column. I get some praise occasionally. And that’s good. I think a certain percentage of that praise is actually sincere. I know that some pieces are better than others. They’re not all diamonds for sure. Many aren’t even cubic zirconia. Some ...

It’s possible that I have been a bit hard on the pioneers in this space over the years. It’s also possible that I’ll be just as hard on them again in the future. It’s just one of those things. Pioneer Day has come and gone and I have been remarkably silent about my theory that many ...

It seems like every year, this time of year, I am a bit shocked to see all the “back to school” stuff out for sale in stores. Back-to-school advertisements are showing up in newspapers, online and in my email box. My question is, “Didn’t we just finish the school year?” What a rush ...

Three years after I graduated from Richfield High School in 1970, Paul Simon (remember Simon & Garfunkel?) released his song entitled “Kodachrome.” The Kodak Company made a very popular color film for cameras called Kodachrome. By the way, Kodachrome Basin State Park, located about ...