Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian author, said it well: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." As I walked across the ...
"Blood, the gift of life," is the motto of the American Red Cross.There is no doubt that blood is just about the most vital component of not only the American ...
It rained a little on Friday. The wind blew a little too. It snowed, rained, the wind blew, and it was a little foggy on Saturday. No this isn't the ...
I'm often asked, "What is (fill in the blank) up to? Is she still playing ball? I sure loved watching him bring the ball up." In a county as far-flung as ...
Today's president vs. TV news game-playing is just about the same. We stayed in a downtown hotel in Denver recently while catching a show at the ...
Some claim the current political divisiveness is reminiscent of the Civil War My wife's family and extended family gathered at my in-laws' home in ...
My education in history and geography began on cross-country drives. Traveling across the wide expanse of America in the 1960s, the subtle ...
Several Fremont County athletes won events at the meet in Lander. Clear skies, warm temperatures and only a moderate wind on Saturday afternoon ...
For example, two cowboys on horseback buying beer at the drive-up window. One morning I stopped by the teachers lounge at Niobrara County High ...
The desire to protect bureaucracy will surpass all else. It was one of the most honest, accurate and revealing comments I'd ever heard from a ...
If you live awhile, you'll encounter some famous people We stood in a long line stretching from the front row, down the center aisle and into the ...
A sense of belonging often accompanies the arrival of a storm. It's a quagmire out there. The kind of conditions you read about in the trenches ...
Do all these whiz-bang improvements really make driving safer? We leased a 2017 Subaru Forester on our trip to Pittsburgh last week. I'd never ...
I came of age during a great period of American popular music. If your parents cared when you were an infant, the first song you ever heard probably ...
In today's evolving health care scene locally, it's a bargain compared to the alternative. I watched a junior football game at the RJFL field on ...
University Prep won the first state high school basketball tournament nearly a century ago in 1918, with the Buckaroos capturing the all-class crown. From 1918 ...
My, how times have changed for expectant mothers and fathers since I arrived. My mom checked into the Chennault Air Force Base Hospital near Lake ...
The remedy seemed simple, but it didn't turn out that way. We often think of seasons as a metaphor for our own brief existence. Seasons in the sun ...
These great events will be even better if we all behave ourselves. The next two weeks offer the best athletic competition Fremont County offers each ...
For me, it can be found in a high school gymnasium in February. I intended to write about the impending cuts to vital programs within our state, but ...
History is full of examples of the latter being more valuable than the former. Retired Gen. Colin Powell, a former Secretary of State, once quipped ...
Not everyone agreed on the same things, but they all wanted to participate. Last Saturday morning's "Women's March" in Lander was an interesting ...
In other words, I found a way to watch the Steelers game. Our bedroom window sits about 35 feet above Gasser Road.It has a great view of most of ...
For someone of my generation, the 1978-79 season quickly comes to mind. Winters, like the stories told by aging athletes, just get better with time, ...
Fremont Couty used to have three places to bowl, but now just one remains. Riverton used to have two of them, one on the hill and the other on North ...
Myron Chavez was a local sports legend. He ran up and down the gymnasium floor in celebration, capping one of the most amazing performances I've ever ...
All it takes is a little ingenuity You had to jiggle it a little bit, or in extreme cases, wedge a pencil in the upper left corner before it played ...
