Terry Thomas

Wandering through the woods last week, I enjoyed searching for new or interesting things. On this particular day, I found a few sources of fatwood, which is a fire-starting marvel

My daughter-in-law’s nice wooden cutting board, handcrafted by a teenage son, was mistakenly placed in her dishwasher. The result, while predictable, wasn’t good. She handed me the two parts, wondering

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The San Andreas Fault runs from just north of the California-Mexico border north and west to the California coast north of San Francisco, a distance of around 560 miles. This

A friend and I were in a discussion one day about the need, or not, to preserve habitat. At one point, to “prove” that humans in this country were not

As they say, a billion here and a billion there, and pretty soon you are talking about real money. And real money, up to $10 billion, is what experts estimate

Forty years ago, the conversation about the Great Salt Lake was very different than it is today. The winter of 82-83 saw record snowfall of 800 inches, 400% of the

The Great Salt Lake is short on salty water, but just 550 miles away is an entire Pacific Ocean of the brine. Why not just ship some of that to Utah, and voila — problem solved.

Mormon CricketHighway 20 up Ashton Hill advances into Island Park through a steep climb, so flashing highway signs suggesting that the road could be slippery seem appropriate — in the winter.

In my garden, the beautiful flowers of the Sitka columbine, with their red sepals, long red spurs, yellow petals and multiple yellow stamens, have been fading over the past several weeks.