I’ve been happy for the football season to be in full swing. This time of year, when football and baseball overlap, is a lot of fun. I know. It’s crazy. Baseball fans are in the critical time of the year now as the postseason is upon us. Some love these games regardless of who is playing. ...

Don’t look now, but the seasons changed this past week. The autumnal equinox was on Sunday. Yes, the days are getting shorter. Dang! But on the bright side, we won’t be risking heat stroke every time we go out to do a little yardwork. Years ago, on one memorable fall equinox day, we ...

Last Friday night, we went with friends to the movies at the SouthTowne Theatre in Ephraim. There were quite a few people there getting tickets, buying popcorn, and greeting one another. I noticed that the people there were similar in some ways – similar to me even. The main similarity would ...

(This week marks a milestone anniversary of this column. The first “Inside Sanpete” was published 30 years ago in the Sept. 14, 1994, edition of The Pyramid. To commemorate the anniversary (and to give me a break), we’re re-running a column from April 7, 2005. At that time, I had ...

(I don’t often give this type of disclaimer, but I’m giving one this time: What follows is fantasy - mostly. Don’t write letters and/or lose sleep over this column – like some of you, who don’t know me or my writing style very well, did the last time I mentioned this ...

A month or so ago, I heard a young man give a talk in church. I believe that he’s 16 years old. He had been to a church sponsored youth seminar deal that lasted a few days. He gave a report on his experience. Some of what he said has stuck with me. I gather that on the beginning of the first ...