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When I Win The Lottery
I was given a challenge, the other day, to write a column about winning the lottery. The challenge was to tell the world what I would do with the money… »
Going Green, Raccoons And Train Service
I started a new job this week that requires that I get up at 4:30 in the morning. For someone who has worked the swing shift for nearly 6 years it has been a real challenge. I’m hoping this next week will be a lot easier…
The Idaho Green Expo is coming up this weekend (July… »
Umbrella Tea
Umbrella Tea
Collected he the saladry
therein his garden’s symmetry:
tomatoes lettuce celery
proud produce fresh variety.
What grew so white in purity?
Therein his garden’s symmetry
beneath the blooming apple tree:
umbrella shaped anomaly!
Collected he this oddity
and… »
Cloudo The Next Generation Of Cloud Computing
The Saturday Market is a weekly column that highlights interesting products from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Cloudo just might be the next generation of cloud computing applications. Their concept… »
Grannies Peanut Butter Cookies
I have three cookie monsters that visit me from time to time. I try to make each visit special by baking a different cookie. This time its peanut butter cookies.
For… »
Ode To Red Wine
Ode To Red Wine
To become One with the vine,
you must become One with the grape.
To become One with the grape,
you must select a bottle, and a glass, and pour.
Keep a… »
Where Do You Go From Up?
First of all, I’ve been out of it for the past week thanks to a summer cold that just would not give up so I shut down for a few… »
Images Of The Mountain Man
The Saturday Market is a weekly column that highlights interesting products from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
First of all, happy 4th of July
One of the icons of the early… »
Sliced Baked Potatoes
First of all, have a happy and safe 4th of July.
Since this is the 4th of July weekend, my family and I are getting together for a picnic and my… »
The Mole
The Mole
She was ignorant of the sky
and everything it could not hold.
She fell upon the green earth
to de-evolutionize into a mole.
As a Small she was the victim
of many carnivoroustic rites:
one… »
The Holiday That Never Was To Be
The Holiday That Never Was To Be
Mrs. Tolbert’s 4TH grade class was full of ten-year olds
All eyes were torn between the scenes of summer outside the window
And the… »
Roasted Pears And Ice Cream
Summer has finally arrived in Boise with hot days that turn into beautiful, warm, summer nights. Time for fun, easy, fruit deserts. As I was looking through some of the… »
Face Down
Face Down
This Brighton cafe is alive with our bullshit,
and me, another tourist with a blue passport
in a kingdom of red passports.
“How you set a book down reveals who you are,”… »
Archie McPhee - Tourist Destination?
I’m really not sure if the Archie McPhee store in Seattle would be considered a tourist destination, but it certainly a fun one, filled with all kinds of unusual toys… »
Great Idea, But Will It Work?
I have been a kind of “idea” person most of my life. When someone brings me a marketing or business problem I can generally work out the details of what… »
Wine And Idaho Grandeur
The Saturday Market is a weekly column that highlights interesting products from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Overkilleather has been producing high quality leather goods since 1999. Their designs are… »
Onion Quiche Muffins
I found this fun recipe in 2007 while watching Paula Dean on the Food Network. The great thing about cooking is I get to start with a basic recipe and… »
Haifa Street
Haifa Street
Latif sold his nets for fuel
The fish were gone but for a few
A living off the river grew
Meager and discreet
And still the Tigris boatmen cross
Not far from Haifa Street
At… »
JP Patches, Howdy Doody and Kids Shows In The Northwest
When I was growing up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, one of the must-see events of the day was Howdy Doody Time. No matter what I thought of school that day… »
Gold For Cassandra
Gold For Cassandra
Give her gold, her mother said
Give her dreams to fill her head
Give her a silken wedding dress
Give her a groom to warm her chest
We will call the gypsy… »
Claude Gloom And Other Northwest Characters
Tomorrow I’m doing a column on JP Patches, who contributed significantly to the culture of Seattle as one of the longest running kids shows in the nation (1958 to 1981… »
Custom Leather Goods, Elk Treats, Great Chocolate
The Saturday Market is a weekly column that highlights interesting products from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Join us for our weekly Podcast on TalkShoe.com. We are live from 10AM… »
Tortellini Cheese Pasta Salad
This is a family recipe that my daughters share between them. It was a big hit a week ago for my grandson’s 3rd birthday and my granddaughter’s 5TH (note… »
Methuselah
Methuselah
Old Man Methuselah was nobody’s fool.
The proof was in his age.
By god, he was so old that he looked dead,
LONG AGO dead.
To the untrained eye, that… »
Palm Springs Of Washington - Yakima
Here is a short video tour of Yakima, Washington, sometimes called the Palm Springs of Washington, by Lindsay Haddix and Dave Mosier that is just plain… »
TV Going Digital Next Friday
On June 12 TV stations across the nation will turn off their analog transmitters for the last time and go digital. If you want to know more about what that… »
