Sunday Dutro

3 weeks ago | scledger.net | Sunday Dutro

Thunderstorms are eagerly anticipated in our family. We’ll snuggle together and listen as nature showcases her abilities, the way thunder can growl a gentle warning and boom a ground shaking threat. I love the reminder that not everything is about us or controlled by us, that we’re momentarily irrelevant. I crave that reminder that we’re not as powerful as we think we are, that it’s not our place to judge.

1 month ago | scledger.net | Sunday Dutro

As we head into these stunningly beautiful days of spring, the bulbs we planted in fall blooming brightly and the bulbs we planted a few weeks ago storing up the energy to follow suit, the race to read as much as possible before my free time is spent on the river and in the mountains gripped me (it helped that the library got a new series of books in that’s scream-calling me). Thanks to that new series, I read 24 books in April, 19 of which were four stars or better.

1 month ago | scledger.net | Sunday Dutro

As a kid spending summers with family in Arkansas, I was tasked, along with my cousins, in the keeping of the chicken houses. Every morning, afternoon, and evening, we’d fight over who had to take which of the three aisles and then we’d wave our arms forward and back, shooing the chickens before us one slow step at a time, our eyes on the floor, looking for the chickens that didn’t move.

2 months ago | scledger.net | Sunday Dutro

The Clark Fork Valley Hospital Foundation brought Tanner Laws back home to Sanders County for a rockin' fundraiser at The Rex in Thompson Falls on Saturday. Playing a mix of well-known favorite covers and original compilations, Laws helped the Foundation raise more than $3,500 toward the purchase of a bedside ultrasound machine for the emergency department. "Last year, the Foundation was able to donate $80,000 to bring 3D mammography to the County.

2 months ago | scledger.net | Sunday Dutro

Dear fellow itchy gardeners, it’s still not time! I promise. There is snow on the heart of Silcox, there are freezes in the forecast; while you can get to work on starts, you will have to consume your hands and minds with other tasks for just a while longer unless you have a way to successfully protect your young seedlings. May I suggest reading some books to take your mind off planting, and to calm your hands? In March I read 15 books, eight of which were four stars or better.