Unless you’ve been in a coma (and some of us feel like we have been), you know that the seasons have changed. Autumn is in full swing. Astronomically, the first day of fall was Sept. 23. And here we are in the Halloweeny month of October. I know that some of you love Halloween and love to ...

There’s a change in the air in Sanpete. It’s not hard to detect. Autumn began a week or so ago. Mother Nature has been gradually turning down the thermostat on our outdoor living. Sanpeters who are on the ball are doing their fall work in their yards and gardens. I often wait until spring ...

It’s not too often that I go to the same movie twice in the movie theater in this day and age. I did that more often years ago before the advent of movies being released on VHS tapes and on DVD, and, of course, now on streaming services. I have a friend who I believe saw the movie “Jaws” ...

It occurred to me over the weekend, that right about now, sports nuts seem to be rampant in Sanpete, and everywhere. Call them sports nuts, or fanatics, fans, or maniacs, it all boils down to a ramped-up interest in sports. Of course, a lot of this phenomenon makes sense because this is the ...

As a 24-year-old college student in 1976, I went to London for six months on a study abroad program. There were 30 plus students and we became close and almost like family. We had classroom time, but much of our course work was attending museums, art galleries, historical sites, etc. Some of ...

Sanpete had a big finish for the county fair this past weekend. The nights of rodeo, Mammoth Parade, and the demolition derby were the big events that completed this year’s fair. The “Mammoth Parade” has often been a source of wondering for me. At one point, I wondered if the replica ...

It’s fair time in Sanpete. The 2023 edition of the Sanpete County Fair is underway and wraps up this Saturday. The county fair, you may remember, is one of the three “fairs” that I told my children about as they were growing up. When they complained that something wasn’t fair, I’d ...

Sometimes I talk to people who seem to question my sanity for living in Sanpete. Believe it or not, some people think it’s a bad idea. I, for one, am happy that people feel that way. I don’t want Sanpete to become a “boomtown” environment. When I was in Idaho in June, I saw hats with ...

I like going to the movies. I don’t go to every movie that comes through Sanpete, but every so often one comes along that I feel deserves the “big screen experience.” Sometimes it feels like “feast or famine” with movies here. A couple of weeks ago, there were three movies playing in ...

I’ve been noticing the trees and bushes around my property lately. I’ve done a little cutting and pruning. There is still a lot to be done, including the removal of a peach tree that died a year ago. I notice that it’s a good apricot year for most of those trees that I see. I should have ...