I watched the 90-minute Big Band concert last night at the amphitheater at Riverstone Park, along with several hundred others. Spectacular evening. Beautiful weather. Viewtiful setting, with geese rising and settling on the water and the water features of John Stone's pond providing soothing background…
Flaming forests red at duskDeath Star, silent as feather stepschases Luna from the skySol burns the edge of summerbaked pears fall from treeswither under raven whispersFate chants songswithout wordsMt Helicon hugs the museswho stop between heavensto rewrite, change nibsspeak of hemlock twigs.Sue Turner/Tumblewords
Joe Imel/AP Photo/Daily NewsFranklin-Simpson, Ky., soccer player Austin Perkins has the ball taken away by a dog that ran onto the field during a high school soccer scrimmage with Bowling Green High School, Thursday in Franklin, Ky. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. Looks like a…
Do you remember that post from a few days ago about the woman who totally exposed her chest for at least 30 seconds while breast feeding her infant and eating a salad at a local restaurant? SR colleague was reminded of a cartoon strip by…
AP Photo1. Brand X trolls Goose, Blundering and Clawed (in drag) react Sunday to news that Rainbow Sparkle Pony Angel is moderating Huckleberries Online2. Mary Souza & Co. prepare for City Council races this fall3. Bill Sali meets the press4. RSPA and John Austin settle…
... w/lowly UIdaho's first opponent USC picked (gulp!) to win the national title here.DFO: Any chance Idaho can simply say the bus broke down at Pendleton -- and there's no chance to get to the game on time? Seriously, I have a problem with this…
Huckleberries hears ... that Vanna White, long-time letter turner for Wheel of Fortune, was a guest of honor at Gozzer Ranch's Pirate Night at Eddy's/Arrow Point Thursday evening. She was spotted eyeing the Coeur d'Alene chamber's pirate-boat float by soon-to-be CPD Blue police chief Wayne…
... don't do it on the lawn of the Coeur d'Alene North. The FBI has offices there. A flasher might have found that out at 10:11 this morning when he reportedly did his thing, according to the police scanner. Stay tuned ...
re: Pia Hansen's question in a recent column after some mocked Josh Levy's suicide on the Monroe Street bridge: Have we lost our sense of decency or compassion?Whenever I am confronted with situations such as Levy's suicide off the Monroe Street Bridge, and the resulting…
A company has come up with a beef-based nonalcoholic beer made specifically for dogs. What luxury item or treatment would you give your dog? -- Idaho Statesman *Dog beer*Dog clothes*Dog day spa*Dog jewelry*Other
The conservative group makes no bones about its agenda. A closed primary will flush out those so-called "Republicans in Name Only," or RINOs — Republicans that don't meet the narrow definition of Republican as spelled out by alliance executive director Bryan Fischer. "The practical effect…
I recently put a CD together of songs for our son in the Army that have to do with his "new home" in El Paso, Texas (at least until he ships out later this month to that other place). It's amazing how many songs come…
Some of Brent Andrews' favorite journalists are below (full post in extended entry section):Joe Butler - OK, you have some funky advertiser who wants a story. Instead of writing some funky story, why not send Joe, who will actually get something interesting from his interview…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.