Thursday, December 5th, 2013
During Thanksgiving, my family was all together for the first time since April 2012. My brother, Ronny, went to Germany 20 months ago and got married while he was there. He and his wife moved back to...
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There were some great performances at Thursday’s Tooele versus Grantsville swim meet. A handful of swimmers won four events each. Those winners received big applause from their teammates and fans in the balcony as they scored major...
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Somehow November has flown by and Thanksgiving is next week. For the ninth year, I will be donning the apron and oven mitts to cook the centerpiece turkey for our family dinner, along with as many sides...
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As a transplant from the Pacific Northwest where we have two seasons—wet and wetter—I have been enthralled for the last 16 years with Utah’s four distinct seasons. The state is blessed with snowy winters, blossomy springs, blazing...
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A most unwelcome adventure awaits the person who falls seriously ill while traveling hundreds or thousands of miles away from home — especially while in a foreign land where the doctor, if there is one, doesn’t speak a...
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Thursday, October 31st, 2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! You’re probably all singing a Christmas song now—not exactly what I had in mind. See, I prefer the old fashioned way of celebrating, which calls for three separate and...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Vacation destinations are picked for a variety of reasons, and mine seem to have a common theme: I pick them based on my favorite sports teams. I’d never been to Charlotte to see the Carolina Panthers, so...
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Thursday, October 17th, 2013
This sports writing job can be a lot of fun. During baseball season, I know I’ve covered three baseball games within a seven-day time span, and certainly the same thing for basketball. But I don’t ever recall...
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I love many things about Halloween. I love the fall colors, I love the crisp air, I love all things pumpkin-flavored and I have a deep, inexplicable love for candy corn. Unfortunately, all of those good things are...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
Not too long ago, I was asked if I could recall when I first realized that I liked to write and if there was a teacher in my past that influenced my interest in writing. The question...
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