Extremism

Extremism

One good by product of a  water leak in your house is the need to look at all of the stuff you have accumulated and decide if  those things still have meaning for you.  So many picture albums from the way back days. Many of the images are of people who...
Ephemeral

Ephemeral

I did not want to start watching Ted Lasso, the premise seemed off.  Now that I hear this may be the last season, I am so sad. This week the club played a friendly in Amsterdam. They lost, which is not that unusual. Coach Lasso declared a no curfew night and only...
Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

I plan to tell you about public education in Idaho and the critical importance of the Idaho STEM Center. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math give rise to the acronym STEM. An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a word, not to be confused with an initialism,...
A Country Divided

A Country Divided

I watch with great trepidation as our country struggles to fulfill the original premise of our founding fathers. Our constitution states, “No person shall be denied the equal protection of the law nor be subjected to segregation or discrimination in the exercise or...
Extinct

Extinct

I wanted to tell you about the Harpy eagle. It is one of the largest and most powerful raptors on earth. It is native to the rainforests of Central and South American. It is named after the harpies of Greek mythology, evil wind spirits with the face of a woman and the...
Vowels

Vowels

Nancy Choules is retiring on March 31 from First Interstate Bank. The party to send her off was a wonderful tribute. Nancy is the person with a constant smile on her face, bastion of positivity, a fun sense of humor, fierce loyalty, wicked smart, logical, committed,...