Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Your Public Idaho

Here's just a sample of the articles that have featured in recent issues of Idaho Magazine:

An account in which the narrator recalls the time she got a fish hook stuck in her scalp during a fishing expedition.

A conversation between the narrator and a friend in which the latter recalls how his crossbred dog sustained a nose injury and couldn’t hunt any more.

An interview with car dealer Sam Fishel, who talks about topics like his personal beliefs and his Centennial Motors car dealership

An article in which the narrator recalls playing as a child with farmyard cats, which her father subsequently killed because he believed they had given her ringworm.

Tips on how to cross fences safely from a man who had many childhood accidents with barbed wire.

An excerpt from the book From the Ganges to the Snake River: An East Indian in the American West, in which the author describes the difficulties he encountered when trying to catch any fish in Idaho.

An article in which the writer recalls an incident from his teenage years in which he and his friend scared an old lady in the whirlpool of their local YMCA by farting in the water.

An article in which the narrator reflects on his friend's desire to be a dog for a day

Descriptions of three tourist attractions in Idaho: The Craters of the Moon National Monument—a stark, barren landscape; Ernest Hemingway’s grave; and the state’s highest point.

An article in which the narrator recalls her efforts to catch a runaway cow.

An account concerning the narrator’s friend’s unsuccessful attempt to teach his dog to tolerate cats by allowing it to raise a six-week-old kitten.

Flights are available.

1 comment:

Michael said...

Wow. With spellbinding journalism like that in its magazine, it's a wonder Idaho hasn't seen hordes of new visitors! {/snark} ;-)