Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
It was an ephemeral moment, yet despite its brevity, it packed a wallop that’s with me still. A wildfire’s raw, unpredictable power has a way of doing that. Last Wednesday afternoon, I had just checked on a...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2014
About two years ago, I discovered a parallel universe. I’m only sort of joking. I spent the summer of 2012 living in New York City, working as an intern reporter for a tiny newspaper that called itself...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
I’ve said before in this column how I’ve moved so many times in my life, you’d think I would be used to change, right? Wrong. Moving is hard. Take my apartment for example. I moved in June...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2014
I doubt Ryan, Micah and I will ever have a professional pet-tending business. My nephews and I, however, just completed one week’s worth of dual dog watching. We took care of Belle for six days, and Archie for...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
A couple of weeks ago, Transcript Bulletin Photo Editor Francie Aufdemorte and I were checking in at the gatehouse at Dugway Proving Ground for an assignment. “Better check her for warrants,” Aufdemorte joked to the man behind the...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2014
Let’s sell Tooele County. I’m not talking about a fire sale to pay off debt or open up naming rights for the county to the highest bidder. It’s time for Tooele County to take control of its...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2014
I read somewhere once that a 3 percent loss of muscle moisture can cause a 10 percent loss of muscle strength. Hmm, that explains a lot. But what does dehydration do to the brain? To think logically? To...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2014
I’m an avid road tripper. I haven’t kept track, but I’m fairly certain that I’ve visited just about every major city in the Western U.S. at some point in the last two decades. Given that I don’t...
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For my first Out and About column, I feel like I’m writing a personal letter to the people of Tooele County. As you may have read or heard, I’m the Transcript-Bulletin’s new community news editor. I’m also...
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This column is for those in the 55-85 year-old demographic. At 57, I’m the oldest in the newsroom here at the Transcript-Bulletin. I’m more than twice the age of our two superb young reporters who seldom bother...
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