"Before Annie left for her return to Seattle yesterday, we took a dip in Lake Pend Oreille at one of our favorite spots," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "Used to be this place on the north shore of the lake with the spectacular view of Schweitzer Mountain could almost be called our 'own private Idaho,' but it's been discovered. Of course, when the place was invaded by all of three other parties of people during the hour or so that we were there, that's a crowd for us." More here.

• Why be normal?/Fort Boise
• Judicial radicals/Johnson Report
• 2013 Bayview Daze revisited/Bay Views
• I miss my privacy most/From A Simple Mind
• Closing a charter -- boon or burden?/The EDge
• An opportunity for a small ripple/Randy Stapilus, RP
• What would you know about class warfare?/Arch Druid
• Help wanted: Artists/Rants, Raves, & Random Thoughts
• Writing modes & importance of the first sentence/Writing North Idaho

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