The title of today’s column could just as easily have been, “Muddy Marches in March” or “Weekday Hike, Sunday Walk” or “Chewing Gum, Thinking and Walking at the Same Time — Too Much?” It’s the time of year that some of us are thinking that we may have wintered over just a ...

I remember there was a comedian many years ago (ironically I’ve forgotten his name), who did a routine where he said that the most important words in the English language were, “I forgot.” IRS tax collector: You haven’t paid your taxes for the past three years. Answer: “I ...

I had a conversation recently with a guy at church. The subject was neckties. We were swapping compliments about our ties and sharing our feelings about ties in general. Another way to summarize that conversation might be with the old saying: “Misery Loves Company.” As it was President’s ...

In a recent column, I made references to a book about the Grand Canyon entitled “A Walk in the Park” by Kevin Fedarko. As a result of that, a reader and friend of “Inside Sanpete” from Georgia suggested that I read “A Walk in the Woods” (subtitled: “Rediscovering America on the ...

I took my wife out to dinner on Valentine’s Eve last Thursday. We figured we’d beat the crowd and do our obligatory Valentine’s dinner a day early. Besides, we were fresh out of leftovers in the fridge and neither of us felt like cooking. By “neither of us” — I mean Diane. And, ...

Last Friday night I was at the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City. Huey Lewis was inducted into the new People’s Music Hall of Fame. It’s a Utah thing and it’s a pretty big deal. Many of you will remember Huey Lewis and the News as a rock’n’roll band that was especially big in ...