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Inside Sanpete

Most people are good

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 ...

Feeling dumb, again

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, ...

Music makes memories

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 ...

You’re still young and the Grand Canyon

I’ve been reading a book. I’m about two-thirds of the way through it and have been enjoying it. It’s titled “A Walk in the Park” and has the subtitle of “The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon.” (Scribner 2024) It’s a very detailed and engaging story. ...

How we look at things

I was in a church meeting on Sunday. That happens quite regularly. The four sermons in the meeting were all given by females – one teenager and three adult women. All the talks were well prepared and well delivered. They kept my interest. One of the women used a quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer: ...

You can say what you want

As a public service, and as a reminder, the next paragraph is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in its entirety: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the ...