Shut yer yapper

Quote of the week from Boise— “He has decent things to say to the orchestra, but by the time he says them, you’ve stopped caring. It’s extremely difficult to pay attention. I’m trying, but failing miserably. I sat assistant principal last...

Indestructable

I never worked so hard to own another physical thing. Eleven years old, and suddenly in love with rock music, I started mowing lawns with a vengeance. A week or two after my twelfth birthday, it was mine. Even two months ago, it was a guitar that nobody else would...

Into the maelstrom

I sit in Portland Airport and I’m feeling a little anxious. In less than two hours, I’ll be back in Pendleton for the first time since the OES offices burned down. I tried hard to get over a few weeks ago, but we had an illness in the family (what is it about bad...