The beginning of created things
Last week as I looked out the window at the stars, the story of the first English poem, “Song of Creation,” came to mind. According to Bede, an eighth-century historian, an illiterate …
The BER months are to rememBER
I have been seeing many references to the “BER months are here!” That of course means the last four months of the year: September, October, November and December. Why do these months h…
The burdens we carry
(Part 3 of series. Mark Gudmundsen shot and killed Alexander Norte in Part 1. Gudmundsen found not guilty of murder in Part 2. Oct 2 and 9 SJR or sjrnews.com.) We all carry personal bu…
The Case of the Missing Eyeball
The manager of the Monticello sewer plant, located just off the second tee box at the old San Juan Golf Course, looked down, jumped back, and felt his heart race. He blinked, blinked a…The Caveman develops a case of tractor envy, moving from a broom to articulated blades on a giant plow
With all this recent snow, we are going to need to discuss the size of your snow removal equipment. I wouldn’t normally want to talk about the size of your equipment; but with the qua…
The Cedar Mesa Perishables Project: Looking through museum drawers
by Andrew Gulliford In the 1890s cowboy archaeologists dug caves in remote sections of Utah’s Bears Ears. They created Basketmaker and Ancestral Puebloan artifact collections that have…The changing classroom in Utah: Why digital teaching matters to students
David Long, Superintendent of Beaver County School District, remembers clearly the moment he realized just how powerful a tool technology could be for student learning. “I was working …
The charm of hummingbirds
A “charm,” the collective noun used to describe a group of our tiny feathered aviators, has returned to Bluff for the season. Susie put out her first feeder in late March, and Frances …
The chicken who would be king
A number of times I have heard someone refer to my research techniques as being part ferret and part pitbull. I believe I have always been like this, even as a child, being interested …
The Crazy Crow Café lands in Bluff
It’s been a long time coming, but the Crazy Crow Café at Twin Rocks has finally arrived. Steve has been considering a new restaurant concept for over ten years, and that plan is now a …
The Danes did not invent Danish
Welcome September, and the beginning of the “ber” months. This is also when home cooks and bakers begin thinking about the holidays, and what creations should come from their kitchens.…The day I learned to swear and drive
The house I grew up in did not have a furnace. We heated with a fireplace. I remember getting up every morning and starting a fire with chips of cedar wood. My mother hated the smell o…