Last Saturday was Flag Day. I flew the flag at my house on both Saturday and Sunday. I figure that patriotic holiday weekends often deserve double-day flag flying. Memorial Day and Flag Day kick off what many consider the patriotic time of the year. I’ve seen some Sanpete homes already ...

Quick! Who knows what the official mineral is in the state of Utah? Nope, not salt, though salt is, indeed, a mineral. One would think that salt would be a natural choice. But there is another naturally occurring mineral here that is our state mineral — copper! And I’ve been thinking about ...

How do you use your cigarette money? I asked that question to someone the other day. I knew they didn’t smoke when I asked the question. And they knew, that I knew, that they didn’t smoke. So it’s no wonder that, in response to the question, I was given a look that carried the message ...

This coming weekend is Memorial Day which semi-officially opens the summer season. It’s often the weekend when people get their boats out on the water for the first time of the season. Many go camping for the first time of the year. Most schools around here are out for the summer by Memorial ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we ...

Last Saturday, I drove “up north” and attended my granddaughter's lacrosse game. It was fun. Ten-year-old Scout has embraced the sport. She runs back and forth on the field with intensity. And, she scores. I get worn out just watching. Some of you readers may not know that lacrosse is the ...

I noticed in the news that I had missed an event over the weekend. I’m wondering if you missed it too. The event was on Saturday. It was World Naked Gardening Day. I learned that this event is generally held the first Saturday of May. Evidently, this event was started in 2005. So this means ...

Last Sunday, someone sent me a nice, positive sentiment. It was an anonymous text message. This was the message, “Hope you’re surrounded by nice energy.” I get these positive, anonymous messages occasionally. I suspect many of you do as well. My routine is to immediately delete such ...

There’s a possibility, maybe even a probability, that more people than usual will be stirred up a little by today’s column. I don’t know. I could be wrong (but I seldom am, ha ha). I know there’s a lot of different opinions relative to animals. So that fact makes me feel a little bit ...

Easter is coming up this weekend. I wonder how many Sanpeters could explain what the origin and significance of Easter is if we stopped them on the street and asked. Jay Leno used to do this kind of thing with his “Jay Walking” segment during his tenure on “The Tonight Show.” Fairly ...