Last Saturday night a series of astronomical events happened. The stars aligned. Several planets were hither and thither - up and down. Venus, of course, is our bright “evening star” in the western sky at this time. That means that Venus is usually the first “celestial ...
Over the just concluded holiday weekend, we were expecting two guests at our home — my brother and his wife from Idaho. As evening approached Friday evening, nine more people were added to the guest list — more family. This was all well and good. We enjoy company. Roasted chicken thighs ...
Ready… Set… Celebrate! Sanpete and the rest of the country will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birthday of America this weekend. We have a right to be proud along with Lee Greenwood as he sings, “I’m Proud to be an American.” I saw Lee perform when he was in his mid-50s ...
As extended family circles grow, so do the number of social events. It’s fun to attend occasions and renew family ties. A couple of weeks ago, I was at a backyard wedding reception up in the hills above Bountiful. The yard was impressive. It was a terrific place for the event with great ...
I was flipping channels on TV late Saturday morning last weekend. I was eating brunch — a sandwich. It was a fried egg with melted Cheddar cheese in a toasted leftover hamburger bun. (salt, pepper, ketchup and Cholula sauce — if you must know) I don’t think that sandwich is going to ...
Something has stuck with me from a few years ago relative to what a woman said while praying in church. In the prayer, she asked the Lord something like, “Please bless us to be careful in our choice of words, one with another…” I thought it was a good thing to pray for on behalf of the ...
Look! It’s June already! How can this be? That’s a dumb question. January through May has passed, and here we are — like it or not. I’m not sure that I like it. June is all right. But it is my birthday month — not to mention my wife’s birthday month. Adding another candle to the ...
My wife, DeeDee, and I are new transplants into our ancestral homeland here in Sanpete County. Her people are from Fountain Green; mine are from Fairview. We settled into Mount Pleasant a few months ago with the intention of living among horses the way we did when we were youths. We started ...
Last Friday night, my wife and I had a “date night.” It doesn’t happen every Friday, but it’s sort of a goal. It was kind of a last-minute decision to grab something to eat and see a movie. The “something to eat” was each of us getting a fish fillet sandwich at “The Golden ...
Proposed four-lane construction and historic tree removal This April, UDOT and Ephraim City, began the removal of a row of historic trees including 39 Russian Black Willows at the northwest gateway entrance to Ephraim. These tree removal plans began with no notification to most residents ...
