by mmooney | Sep 27, 2019 | The Friday Message
I just finished reading a historical fiction work titled Rock Creek. The author, Richard Bennett grew up in Mountain Home, he was a childhood friend of one of the book club members and that relationship inspired the choice of his first book for our club. Once a year...
by mmooney | Sep 20, 2019 | The Friday Message
Every few years we take a road trip with friends to Victor, Idaho. Victor is named in honor of George Victor Sherwood, the courageous mail carrier who travelled between the south end of the Teton Valley and Jackson Wyoming in the late 18th and early 19th centuries....
by mmooney | Sep 13, 2019 | The Friday Message
It is Friday the 13th and much has been made of this “unlucky” collision of day of the month and date. There were Thirteen at the last supper, it is the number of witches that makes a coven, and on Friday the 13th in 1307 the Knights Templar of France were rounded up...
by mmooney | Sep 6, 2019 | The Friday Message
The sharpie was a “sharp-prowed, flat-bottomed New England sailboat, with one or two masts each rigged with a triangular sail. The North American informal definition of sharpie is “a dishonest and cunning person, especially a cheat.” In 1964, Sanford, an ink company,...
by mmooney | Aug 30, 2019 | The Friday Message
Alexa reminded me on Wednesday morning that it was 56 years ago that Reverend Martin Luther King delivered his masterpiece speech “I have a Dream.” The speech was originally designed as a homage to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address and timed to correspond with the...
by mmooney | Aug 23, 2019 | The Friday Message
If you want to spend a unique day outdoors, drive up the Salmon River from Riggins to Vinegar Creek. Twenty three miles of mostly unpaved road follows the river along some impressive cliffs and pristine river views. When you get to the boat ramps you can board a jet...
