It was just a little after 9:00 am Sunday morning, October 3, 2021. The cloudless, clear, cool morning was majestic -- no wind, not even...

MK tells me that I should not write political opinion columns, because I am less likely to lose friends by sticking with...

My grandson, Brian, spent the last two years on a church mission in Oaxaca, Mexico, and Everett, Washington. This seriously cramped his...

When I first met MB, I knew within a few minutes that he was a soul mate. We were at a church dinner and had been assigned to help with...

Like last week’s editorial on MB, every word of this editorial is true. His best stories cannot be published…on second thought…there is...

MB, an excellent friend, is also the perfect Home Teacher. Just thinking about him makes me smile. We have known each other's faults and...

OUR STORIES LIVE ON—LONG AFTER WE HAVE ASSUMED ROOM TEMPERATURE After completing 6:00 a.m. rounds on the first day of my surgical...

ETHANOL AND INSTANT KARMA It was 1961, and at age 13, I was attending the Annual Meeting of the Idaho Medical Association with my...

Somehow MK and I were able to conceive, deliver, and raise four children without home pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, or reveal parties....

WE WERE BOY SCOUTS WE WERE BOY SCOUTS You should have no trouble recalling last week’s article, The Tempest, and the words of...

Medical school was a snap compared to commuting in Washington, D.C. I soon learned to make the most of my daily hour-long commute....

THE PROBLEM WITH MY CLASS REUNION KS is my first cousin, our fathers were identical twins and we were one year apart at Rigby High...

TEXAS LONGHORNS So, our cabin was infested with Texans for the last two weeks. Despite the U.S. Forest Service canceling the Lakeside...

The elderly woman was confused and had to be restrained. She fought every effort to help her and managed to pull out all of the tubes...

Some of my contemporaries chose analysis and psychotherapy—I chose jet skiing. On one of those afternoons, Anne knew that I wanted to go...

So Mackenzie thought she would go paddleboarding this last weekend. Her father asked her to wear a PFD (personal flotation device). Being...

The iconic California beach resort, Hotel del Coronado, provided a majestic setting for a nice break from the winter-to-spring weather in...

GOODBYE ANN We were college classmates. MK and Ann were BYU semester-abroad roomies in Lyon, France, near Grenoble, during the 1968...

If I lived by a major airport I wouldn’t get anything done. It is like my daughter’s yellow Labrador Retriever when he sees a squirrel....

My father, Asael Tall, M.D., was a peace-loving doctor from Idaho who was sent off to World War II for four years. When he returned home,...