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Dirt floor. Blue sky. Muscled creatures. Fill the chute. Crack the gate as bucking horses try to loosen their load. Bull riding. Steer wrestling....
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Athol Farmers' Market: Christmas Market. Community Center sits behind local library. Upstairs. Wooden floors reverberate footsteps as festive Ch...
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![Lighting Ceremony [2022]](//abideculturecoffee.com/cdn/shop/articles/lighting001C_455x300@2x.jpg?v=1669760094)
Rain pours. Temperatures plummets. Umbrellas unfold. Downtown Coeur d'Alene fills as visitors line Sherman Avenue and wait for the annual Light...
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Mass of onlookers in attendance. Reborn jalopies looking for a second chance of redemption. Local boys. Father and son. A neighbor visiting from ...
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Idaho. Coeur d'Alene. Downtown. Ground gargoyles guard: A mouse, a moose, and an octopus stand motionless. Earthy entrance slopes. Cold lake lap...
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![Digital Papercuts [Chapter 3]](//abideculturecoffee.com/cdn/shop/articles/DPCHAP3_455x300@2x.jpg?v=1647460889)
Aromas. Scents. Smells. Bouquets of pungent perfumes. A whiff of familiar fragrance takes me back. Nostalgia. Looking behind to the past as analo...
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Driving the familiar road. Park. Alone except our family. First tracks. Fresh footprints. Sound of silence. The unmistakable audio of eagles' vo...
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Labor Day. End of Summer. September. The annual Paul Bunyan Days in St. Maries.Drive. Park. Walk. Our destination lies before us through a maze s...
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Here in North Idaho, we tend to notice the end of summer, not just by the calendar, but by some of nature's indications: cooler weather tempera...
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![Digital Papercuts [Chapter 2]](//abideculturecoffee.com/cdn/shop/articles/twins_455x300@2x.jpg?v=1614374918)
Lying in bed last night, listening to the macaronic sounds of rain against the window and waiting for the promised thunder showers that did not ...
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Pulling out and taking a left, then crossing intersections, we stop to fill up. Tank full. We exit the gas station and follow asphalt with a for...
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![Digital Papercuts [Chapter 1]](//abideculturecoffee.com/cdn/shop/articles/digitalpapercuts_455x300@2x.jpg?v=1614206709)
An open letter to whoever is listening:
Some of you may know a little about me, others, not so much. One interest I have is photography. Anot...
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