Terry Thomas

All winter long, mice have had their way in my storage shed, making a terrible mess of everything. I finally declared war and started setting out traps. I avoided the

As I turned yet another shovelful of dirt, I thought about a comment made long ago by the millionaire, Andrew Carnegie: “Men are developed the same way gold is mined.

If mankind had to choose between losing diamond and losing quartz as a mineral on this planet, choosing to keep quartz around would be the prudent move for a very

My first experience with a crystal reads like a gangster movie. At 19, I was not contemplating marriage, but I realized that it was a possibility. I heard about “this

The sighting of a sage-grouse started a wild 40 minutes just before dark one evening last week. ©Terry R. Thomas/www.nature-track.com

I recently gave a presentation to a small group of campers at Henrys Lake State Park in Island Park. It was a challenge because the “amphitheater” there consisted of half

The broad-tailed hummingbird was feeding noisily at the feeder when a bolt of copper shot from the sky right toward it. Flashes of red, green and orange filled the air

It didn’t take long for this summer hailstorm to cover the ground. ©Terry R. Thomas/www.nature-track.com

UTI. Say that to a woman and you may get an earful about pain and misery. Mention UTI to a man and he will likely be searching his brain for

Yeah, so about my UTI. That has turned out to be more of an adventure than I anticipated. It included a long day in the emergency room, a total of