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20°F. The sun drops into the waiting horizon; a purple sky turns black. Cement sidewalks soon greet cold travelers for the Annual Lighting Cerem...
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Christmas traditions. Some of us have more than others. One tradition we practice is the packing of shoe boxes for Operation: Christmas Child, ...
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Today, we were able to visit the Jundt Art Center and Museum at Gonzaga. A few weeks back, we were able to hear a lecture by Makoto Fujimura and...
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Fall. October. Halloween. 46°F. Downtown Coeur d'Alene. Traces of snow still on the ground from Monday's storm. Costumed kids swarm the shops and S...
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Friday night, a "trunk or treat" event was put on by Triple Play in Hayden, Idaho; a safe place for littles to dress up and collect candy. We were ...
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Rain. Autumn rain. A chilly rain. Puddles grow as droplets hit and create minute, dispersive waves in pavement pools. The morning is gray and w...
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This year, one of the subjects that our daughters are studying, in their Classical Conversations class, is on art. With these studies, they are...
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Just like other families, we have a busy, and most often, a hectic itinerary; calendars filled in, written in pen: work, school, roasting, delive...
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St. Maries. Benewah County. Idaho. This small logging town of North Idaho sits on the banks of the St. Joe river, that flows west and dumps into...
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The unofficial end of summer has arrived. Long days turn short. Warm afternoons followed by cooling nights. Soon, the deep greens of maple leaves...
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The Pacific Northwest is known for the shifting of its seasons. Long winters, warming springs; short summers, coloring-changing falls. But the lo...
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46 miles north of Coeur d'Alene, lies Sandpoint, located in Bonner County. Bonner County is the seventh county in the state of Idaho that begins...
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