Up until late last Saturday night, sobremesa has not been a word in my vocabulary. I just learned it lately, last Saturday night, when I happened upon a word list while on Facebook. The title of the list was, “30 Beautiful, But Forgotten Words We Should Start Using Again.” I was familiar ...
Over time and through repetition, I’ve conditioned my mind to give myself reminders and messages of various kinds. There are lots of different categories. One category would be the category which I would label as “Warning” or “Safety.” An example of this would be a reminder to my ...
Labor Day is widely considered the end of summer. People take their last vacations and getaways of the summer season. I haven’t seen final numbers, but this Labor Day was predicted to have record numbers of people traveling for the holiday. Astronomically, of course, summer lasts longer than ...
I recently saw a meme on the internet in which Michael Bublé explains what it means to be rich. Now, if you don’t know what a meme is or you don’t know who Michael Bublé is, let me help you. To start with, the word meme is pronounced “meem” (like “seem”). The word comes from ...
A couple of weekends ago, I spent a couple of nights in Leadville, Colorado, at “Inn The Clouds Hostel & Inn.” I was on my own there and I survived. I had a friend voice a concern before I left Sanpete, “You’re going to stay in a 'hostile?'” I’m really not sure whether his ...
We’ve officially been in summer for several weeks. It’s been a hot one lately. Our weather is usually unpredictable. I’ve heard it said in Sanpete, that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes or travel five miles. That can literally be true around here. Summer is celebrated ...
Sometimes people give me comments on this column. I get some praise occasionally. And that’s good. I think a certain percentage of that praise is actually sincere. I know that some pieces are better than others. They’re not all diamonds for sure. Many aren’t even cubic zirconia. Some ...
It’s possible that I have been a bit hard on the pioneers in this space over the years. It’s also possible that I’ll be just as hard on them again in the future. It’s just one of those things. Pioneer Day has come and gone and I have been remarkably silent about my theory that many ...
It seems like every year, this time of year, I am a bit shocked to see all the “back to school” stuff out for sale in stores. Back-to-school advertisements are showing up in newspapers, online and in my email box. My question is, “Didn’t we just finish the school year?” What a rush ...
Three years after I graduated from Richfield High School in 1970, Paul Simon (remember Simon & Garfunkel?) released his song entitled “Kodachrome.” The Kodak Company made a very popular color film for cameras called Kodachrome. By the way, Kodachrome Basin State Park, located about ...
