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While Title Says Wildness: Snow Patrol Returns Tighter Than Ever

I became familiar with the the Scottish Alt-rock band Snow Patrol in the early 2000’s.  With the albums Final Straw, Eyes Open, and One Hundred Million Suns, the group moved from Noticed to Highly Popular to Headliners.  Snow Patrol’s style was one of thought-provoking melancholy with a up-paced edge sound. That sound was enhanced over […]

Straddling The Line with Great Effect Again: BlacKkKlansman

With respect to general audiences, Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Clockers, Inside Man) has made a career being provocative, not crossing over the line, and not selling out.  Lee is a vocal and animated teller of american stories about people usually mired in the system (e.g., race, gender, education, occupation, location) who […]

Christmas 2018 – At The Cabin in Stanley

We decided to have Christmas at the Cabin in Stanley, Idaho in 2018.  It is located on Goat Creek.  The property abuts the Sawtooth National Forest\National Recreation\National Wilderness Boundary.  We access via a Private Road and need to cross Forest Service property to get to our cabin. The property is part of a small […]