Thursday, September 13th, 2018
It’s hard to miss the fact the days are getting shorter and the air is getting a little cooler and crisper. Somehow it’s already fall again. While there are plenty of reasons to like fall, a season...
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Loading...Thursday, August 30th, 2018
When death came knocking unexpectedly at my neighbor’s door, I felt a twinge of guilt as I quietly and quickly sighed in relief that it wasn’t at my doorstep where he stopped. I was in deep disbelief...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2018
My late father knew a thing or two about water. Part of that knowledge was already in his bones at birth: Born and raised in Denmark, his forefathers more than 1,000 years ago were likely seafaring Vikings. ...
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018
My late father loved jazz music and played drums in bands for about five decades. He also could play piano by ear. He would listen to a song a few times and then play it on the...
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Thursday, May 31st, 2018
I honestly don’t know what to do with myself now. I mean, the past five months were so chaotic. Game after game. Tournament after tournament. Final class project after final class project. And all of them, one right...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
I received news a year ago from my Scouting friends in Washington state that the Scout camp I attended and worked at for 25 years was going to be resurrected. Pacific Harbors Council, the Boy Scout organization that...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Sometimes you just have to put down the phone, get off social media and leave town for a few days. That’s the thought behind the trips I’ve taken to national parks in the past two years with...
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Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Whenever I need a good reminder as to why I moved to Utah 40 years ago, all I have to do is fly back to my childhood home state of Michigan around spring equinox. America’s Great Lakes...
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Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Peer pressure and something to write about for an Out and About column struck again. A few of my relatives like to jump into Stansbury Lake on New Year’s Day in what is known as the Polar...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
I know it has been unseasonably warm this winter — the foot-plus of snow that blanketed much of the state this past weekend not withstanding — but I think I’m ready for spring to be here for real. As I...
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