Backyards are an important part of life in Sanpete. Many of us spend significant amounts of time in that “private park” behind our homes. Many Sanpeters live out in the country away from structured towns. Their entire property is like a backyard. Backyard space is more than a “park” or ...
Some of you remember the singer and actress Judy Garland. Some would recall that she played the part of Dorothy in the “Wizard of Oz” movie and sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Judy also sang a song titled “Get Happy.” The first verse goes like this: “Forget your troubles, ...
How often do you hear someone say, “That’s a pain in the butt?” In some newspapers, you might see that part of the anatomy termed differently in a column like this. And I don’t mean “pain in the rear.” But this column attempts to have high standards of civility and restraint. As ...
(A man at a baseball game wondered why the ball kept getting bigger and bigger. And then, it hit him!) Play Ball! Tomorrow, March 28, 2024 is what is known as “Opening Day” in Major League Baseball. All 30 teams will be in action. The Dodgers and the Padres played a couple of games in ...
Don’t look now, but we’ve been invaded. Thousands are arriving on Sanpete’s “shores” and stampeding into our protected valley. It’s crazy. What are they doing here? Well, for one thing, last weekend, they were buying up all our strawberries, cabbage and corned beef brisket! You ...
A week or so ago, my wife read a funny meme thing from the internet to me. (I’m still getting used to using “meme” in my vocabulary. Can’t we just call it a quip or a joke?) It read something like, “When I miss my parents, I put 12 expired salad dressings in my fridge, and it feels ...
It’s been a few years ago, when I heard this talked about. It was reported that some Utah state officials were given a quiz. As I heard it, they were given maps with the 29 counties of Utah outlined, but without the counties named. The assignment was to identify the counties. I remember ...
Late last Saturday night and Sunday, I felt more aches and pains in my muscles than usual. I didn’t have to think very hard to decide what the cause would be for feeling that way. The reason: I went swimming last Saturday. I don’t go swimming very often. It’s been months since I was in ...
When I was a schoolboy back in the olden days in Richfield, a couple of friends and I would occasionally make “newspapers.” We would sometimes do this when we were supposed to be listening to the teacher lecture. Or, sometimes we were supposed to be following along in our literature books ...
I often get a new book or two or three for Christmas each year. Books are great gifts, “in my book.” Socks are also a great gift, in my “you can’t have too many socks” philosophy of life. This past Christmas, I received two small books of poetry. I don’t remember receiving ...