Here & there: How we approach food is how we approach life, 3 simple rules
FEATURE — When your 6-year-old gets invited to the neighbor’s house for dinner on crepe night, it’s no surprise that he’s thrilled; he adores crepes. But when he comes home from dinner and says that...
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Here & there: Olympic best
FEATURE — Back in the summer of 1984 Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps didn’t dominate the pool, Simone Biles hadn’t been born yet, Zika wasn’t a factor and, as far as I know, no American athletes were...
View ArticleHere & there: What I learned from the president of Guatemala
OPINON — I was hoping for a real debate Monday night. You know, Hamilton the musical style: strong, fierce and full of ideas. And yes, maybe a few personal barbs – there’s a reason Lin-Manual Miranda...
View ArticleHere & there: Raised on a farm
FEATURE — My grandfather wanted a namesake so badly he bribed his progeny: $100 for an “Oscar.” That may not sound like much. And it never quite was enough to get one in his lifetime. But for a farm...
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Here & there: Outdoing squirrels by beating the winter with saunas
FEATURE — Birds fly south for the winter. The clever squirrels in the children’s book “Those Darn Squirrels Fly South” manage to do it too, although in an elaborate contraption. As one must do when...
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Here & there: Invitation to happiness
FEATURE — It’s 9 a.m. Friday morning and I have no idea who David Whyte is or why he’s coming to Utah. Nor do I care. Author and poet David Whyte. Undated photo. | Photo by Christopher...
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Here & there: Everything is canceled
FEATURE — Church is canceled. The NBA is canceled. My son’s middle school production of “Newsies” is canceled. Heck, even Broadway is canceled. As in, THE Broadway. Photo illustration. | Photo by...
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Here & there: Fighting isolation
FEATURE — In my hometown, there was this notorious family of boys. Seven of them. They were tough. They were wild. Each with their own reputation. And they belonged to one of my mom’s best friends. A...
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Here & there: An Easter not like before
FEATURE — When I was five, Easter was about wearing hot-off-the-sewing machine matching pastel dresses with my sisters, “made with love by mom” tags expertly sewn into each of the collar backs. Cedar...
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Here & there: Our human stories
FEATURE — Click, click. Click, click. Click, click. That was the not so imaginary sound my imaginary camera made as I documented the red rock cliffs of Southern Utah from a back window of my family’s...
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Here & There: In an apocalyptic 2020, it’s still OK to have a little optimism
FEATURE — My teenage son’s eye roll was nearly audible when he asked me if I’d always been this optimistic. “This” almost surely being a euphemism for “annoyingly” or some other less than...
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Here & there: Singing the arrival of 2021
FEATURE — Hello, 2021. I don’t really know you. But I’m so glad you’re here. Your arrival is as auspicious as any new year, of course. You, like the others before you, offer hope and renewal. Photo...
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Here & there: At a college acceptance crossroads
FEATURE — Bills and junk. That’s what’s usually in our family mailbox. Stock photo.| Photo byAndrey Popov/iStock/Getty Images Plus, St. George News Until four weeks ago when the likes of Penn State,...
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Here & there: Choosing the lightness of spring
FEATURE — I could write this column about in-person school resuming for all of my children – finally – or how my kids’ school district just announced they’ll be starting the high schools an hour later...
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Here & there: The mother in them
FEATURE — A voluptuous blonde in head-to-toe leather, hot pink lips and a rhinestone speckled microphone barred my path. She wanted cash. “I’m a single mom. You’re on camera and you gotta pay to be...
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