When I first flew an airplane, the Douglas DC-3 was still a modern airplane in 1954. You can see from the cockpit picture that the...

A LUMP OF COAL AT CHRISTMAS As I was committing to joining MK in eternal companionship I recall being promised that if I remained...

A PATHOLOGY FINAL AND A DELIVERY FOR CHRISTMAS MK decided that it would be a good idea to go into labor early the morning of my pathology...

Have you ever used the word “clinker” in a sentence? If you are speaking to someone under 50, you will need to explain noisy,...

In Island Park, a sexy nightgown is anything flannel that has less than eight buttons. This guideline has saved me a lot of confusion...

It was an off-year. Most of our family in Idaho had planned to spend Thanksgiving with their in-laws rather than come to our home. MK,...

They didn’t ask me how to spell her name. By the time we heard about it, the Texas birth certificate had already been filed -- Hollynd...

Jim was dying. He was sitting on the deck at Mark Bennion’s spectacular cabin, perched high on a bluff overlooking the Snake River near...

Midway through the vasectomy, my patient told me that he sold firearms on the side. I had seen enough Bruce Willis movies to know that if...

I know how I will vote in the 2020 election and I imagine that unless you are brain-dead, you also know how you will vote. Most people I...

There is an unwritten script for the plays of life. For men, much of that script has to be deciphered from hints that come from women --...

Nathan, my 15-year-old grandson, attends Hillcrest High School in Idaho Falls. When I was his age, going to school in Rigby meant...

Years ago, it was a tradition among many of our friends and family to throw a "surprise" birthday party to ease the pain of passing into...

Real men love adventure, but when the poop hits the fan, we all want to be sitting home by the fireplace hugging our teddy bears. So it...

A road trip in a Corvette to Jackson Hole with Mary Kay -- what could be finer? The problem was that at the time I didn't have a...

NEVER LEAVE THE MEAT Tim Russert was the moderator of Meet the Press for 16 years. He was famous for setting his guests up with loaded...

Long before I had a driver’s license, I knew which team I was on. For me, cars and manhood were eternally welded together somewhere in...

The first running of the Kentucky Derby was held on May 17, 1875. Ten thousand fans were in attendance and the winner was Aristides with...

Virtual: not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so. This Associated Press (AP) graph was published on the...

It took a while for Sam and our daughter, Lindsey, to realize that they had spent a night together before they actually met. An avalanche...