This is a follow-up to Thanksgiving. We should never get tired of giving thanks – of being grateful. There are people and groups who recommend the practice of keeping “gratitude journals.” I hear it mentioned at church occasionally. I hear people say that it’s been therapeutic in their ...

I’m so glad to see that Thanksgiving is becoming more accepted as a two-day holiday. It’s always seemed silly to me to have a Thursday holiday that emphasizes the gathering of families and then expect workers to be happily back on the job on Friday. In this day and age, families often ...

When I have people come to visit or when a newcomer to Sanpete is with me for a while, I’ll take them to the side of the hill east of the Manti Temple. That’s where the replica “dug-out” is located. When the first settlers arrived in Sanpete, that’s where they “holed up” and ...

Two Things this week: #1) Political Campaigns It’s hard not to notice that political campaigning is going on for our local elections around Sanpete and other counties in the state. And, of course, on the national scene you can’t avoid politicking if you turn on the TV. Buckle up. ...

(Warning! What follows is essentially a travelogue and may be considered boring and otherwise uninteresting to normal people.) I was in Austin, Texas, last weekend. The motivating reason for being there was a football game. The Cougars and Longhorns played. Part of the interesting background ...

In church last Sunday, I was in a class with the men of the congregation. Our discussion centered on the concept of “poise.” Just so your mind stays on track here, don’t think of any product made for bladder control problems. That product named “Poise” is a sister company to the ...

Trees have been on my mind. I’ve been noticing them as I drive through the neighborhoods of Sanpete. A couple of weeks ago, I planted three trees. I removed a dead peach tree and replaced it. That event about gave me a stroke or some sort of cardiac event. My body isn’t used to that kind ...

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” ...