As Managing Editor of Lucky Dog Publishing, I edit and write for two, twice-monthly community newspapers, The Island Eye News and The Island Connection. View recent issues here. View my articles here.
During my career at The Idaho Mountain Express Newspaper I worked as Arts Editor, Special Sections Editor and weekly Features Writer. A selection of my articles is below, as well as links to all the stories I wrote for the newspaper during my time there.
2012
Finding the perfect fall hike - Local guidebooks offer great resources for beginners and ‘hard-bodies’ alike
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143783#.UjCFdRZ0uew
Revealed: Best of the Valley 2012 - Results of community-wide survey published in Sun Valley Guide this week
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143721#.UjCFlhZ0uew
‘Please, sir, I want some more’ - How to make your child’s school lunches healthier
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143680#.UjCFrBZ0uew
They’re back! Meet Sun Valley’s very own Paula and Simon, the judges of Battle of the Blades
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143582#.UjCFuxZ0uew
From playgrounds to pancakes - How the Papoose Club has nourished the community for 6 decades
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143440#.UjCF1RZ0uew
Nurturing grassroots giving - Local foundation launches student generosity initiative
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143254#.UjCF8RZ0uew
They don’t call it Sun Valley for nothing - As FDA launches new labeling regulations, understand how best to be safe in the sun
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143024#.UjCGABZ0uew
How to kick-start your life - Ketchum author launches project on crowd-funding website
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142937#.UjCGVxZ0uew
From Russia with love - International ice-skating couple and their family call Sun Valley home for 3 months of the year.
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142809#.UjCGchZ0uew
Have a flavorful Fourth- Expert tips for making the best of your barbecue
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142683#.UjCGjhZ0uew
Tales of sheep, whores and Sun Valley - The Community Library’s history department begins efforts to put collections online
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142581#.UjCHARZ0uew
Happy 40th birthday, SNRA - Sun Valley Guide on newsstands now
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142511#.UjCHEBZ0uew
The Rosies will get it done - Valley women found philanthropic organization
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142463#.UjCHQxZ0uew
Flying with Fire - Helitack pilot Christopher Templeton on a decade in the air
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142457#.UjCHWRZ0uew
Pushing through the pain - Local runners get ready for the Sun Valley Half Marathon
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142272#.UjCHkhZ0uew
Get well this weekend - Sun Valley Wellness Festival offers something for everybody
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142172#.UjCHexZ0uew
Vegetables for all - Local programs offer community gardening and advice on growing your own food
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005142082#.UjCHnxZ0uew
Striving for year-round well-being - Sun Valley Wellness Institute expands programming
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141787#.UjCHsRZ0uew
Feel Mother Nature’s healing touch - Master herbalist brings his expertise to the valley this weekend
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141786#.UjCHwRZ0uew
Celebrate the Earth, hug a millipede - Valley honors Earth Day with a Bug Zoo, picnics and plastic-bag-free grocery stores
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141648#.UjCH1BZ0uew
Voluptuous vegetables and frisky fruit - New cookbook appeals to the eye as well as the palate
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141568#.UjCH5hZ0uew
On your marks, get set, hunt! ‘Eggs-travaganzas’ galore this weekend
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141484#.UjCH9BZ0uew
Born to ride: Baby arrives on Highway 20 - With a Chevy, an iPhone and a flashlight, Steve and Molly Brown bring their baby boy into the world
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141483#.UjCIBBZ0uew
Dancing with Diesel - A mother shares her experience of raising a son with autism in the Wood River Valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141382#.UjCIFRZ0uew
Striving for a sustainable lifestyle? Pick up Habitat magazine to help you on your way
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141353#.UjCIIxZ0uew
WORK/LIFE BALANCE: Riding with the Gnarly Old Broads - A group of local women let their hair down along the Great Divide
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141222#.UjCIXBZ0uew
Pondering ‘The Greater Good’ - Local filmmaker Leslie Manookian explores the highly controversial vaccine safety issue
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005141182#.UjCIbRZ0uew
Help beyond hunger - Hunger Coalition is about more than just food
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005140984#.UjCIfhZ0uew
Come out for the sport of the West - Skier meets horse at annual ski joring competition this weekend
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005140983#.UjCIjxZ0uew
Saving faces, saving women - Oscar-nominated film to be shown at film festival
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005140892#.UjCInRZ0uew
Who is your Woman of the Year?
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005140668#.UdQzy6a9LCQ
Revealed: Best of the Valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005143721&var_Year=2008&var_Month=11&var_Day=26#.UdQ0saa9LCQ
2011
Cash in those Christmas Cookies
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005139900#.UdQ27Ka9LCQ
Nazis, Naked Women and Novels
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005139627#.UdQ3saa9LCQ
Catch Some Air and Meet Some bears
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005139540#.UdQ4AKa9LCQ
A new take on an old story
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005140026#.UdQ4Vaa9LCQ
The Count of Sun Valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php/index2.php?ID=2005139964#.UdQ4sKa9LCQ
2010
Take a dip into Summer
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005132152&var_Year=2008&var_Month=05&var_Day=23#.UdQ03Ka9LCQ
Woman of the Year Editorial http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005130541#.URlutqXRqBw
Can Valley Moms Have It All?
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005130550#.UdQtoqa9LCQ
Girl Power: Finding a Path in Ketchum
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005130551#.UdQzgaa9LCQ
Y honors its own, looks to future
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005130977#.UdQ1-6a9LCQ
Best of the Valley Revealed
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005133020#.UdQ2R6a9LCQ
Who is the Woman of the Year?
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005129989#.UdQ2aqa9LCQ
Take a dip into summer
https://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005132152#.UdQ2naa9LCQ
2009
Enjoy the fruits of summer, while they last
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127406#.UdQ1Qaa9LCQ
Olympians on Show
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127407#.UdQ1d6a9LCQ
Celebrate the Valleys Extremes
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128980#.UdQ1laa9LCQ
Allen&co is all a Twitter
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php/index2.php?ID=2005126866
2008
Revealed: 17 Ways to be Green in the Wood River Valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005119628#.UdQzL6a9LCQ
2007
Beautiful Blaine county Will Shine in Boise
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005114887&var_Year=2007&var_Month=04&var_Day=13#.UdQuFqa9LCQ
Learn About the Big Burn
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005115616&var_Year=2006&var_Month=09&var_Day=06#.UdQtIaa9LCQ
Duchess Takes Manhattan
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005114196#.UdQvDKa9LCQ
Winter is here
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005118187#.UdQvMaa9LCQ
Discover Habitat
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005114672#.UdQvSKa9LCQ
New Guide on Stands Now
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005115522#.UdQvaKa9LCQ
Inside the City at River Run
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005116812#.UdQvoaa9LCQ
Cowboys and Firefighters light up Father's Day
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005115626#.UdQvxKa9LCQ
Valley Native Named Firefighter of the Year
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005118456#.UdQv7Ka9LCQ
Sheep Shape Up the valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005117504#.UdQwEqa9LCQ
Heritage Court Crowned in Hailey
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005115827#.UdQwOaa9LCQ
Express Readers honor 3 Women
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005146075#.UdQwXKa9LCQ
Sun Shines for Lady Golfers at Annual Tourney
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005116185#.UdQwg6a9LCQ
Hospital Resumes normal operations
http://www.mtexpress.com/crstory.php?ID=2005116858
Enjoy a weekend of classic soccer
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005116343#.UdQxOKa9LCQ
Soccer's Swain Waves Goodbye
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005115873#.UdQxYqa9LCQ
Valley Soccer Teams fizzle in Utah Heat
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005116015#.UdQxnaa9LCQ
Rediscover Why We Love to Live Here
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005116942
2006
Photographer Weaves tales of the Sawtooth Valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005116157#.UdQuQqa9LCQ
Art Addresses Extinction
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005107663&var_Year=2006&var_Month=01&var_Day=25#.UdQnmqa9LCQ
Baldy Honored by Local Artists
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005108159&var_Year=2006&var_Month=02&var_Day=15#.UdQoD6a9LCQ
The fire of art
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005111119&var_Year=2006&var_Month=07&var_Day=05#.UdQpfKa9LCQ
Field Test: Atlas Snowshoes
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005108766
Field Test: Tote Time
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005110553
Clayworks Keep Working
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?issue_date=09-06-2006&ID=2005112246#.UdQrDqa9LCQ
Southern Rock
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005110321
Countdown to V-Day. How to find the Perfect gift, quickly
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005108026#.UdQre6a9LCQ
Sun Valley Guide Set For Release
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005113383
Hailey Library Hosts Writer-In-Residence
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005110332&var_Year=2008&var_Month=01&var_Day=11#.UdQrzaa9LCQ
Claim your guide to valley life
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005110508&var_Year=2006&var_Month=06&var_Day=07#.UdQsH6a9LCQ
Caritas Gets a Little bit 'Wicked'
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005112354&var_Year=2006&var_Month=09&var_Day=13#.UdQsQKa9LCQ
Boston Museum Exhibits Slice of Idaho life
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005112082#.UdQsaKa9LCQ
Pure Faith Comes to Hailey
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005112376#.UdQsqqa9LCQ
Step Back in Time
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005111962
United in Art
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005110768&var_Year=2006&var_Month=06&var_Day=21#.UdQs-aa9LCQ
Hear Star Spangled voices in Sun valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?issue_date=06-28-2006&ID=2005110952#.UdQtQaa9LCQ
Jarrett's Dream
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005107664
Meyers mesmerizes with her Evocation of History
http://www.mtexpress.com/story_printer.php?ID=2005107274
2005
The year of the library
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101051&var_Year=2005&var_Month=01&var_Day=26#.UdQf_6a9LCQ
Choral corrals Dvorak
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101047&var_Year=2005&var_Month=01&var_Day=26#.UdQgJqa9LCQ
Probing the artist
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101173&var_Year=2005&var_Month=02&var_Day=02#.UdQgXKa9LCQ
Lifting the Veil
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101272#.UdQW2qa9LCQ
Beiser bulldozes boundaries
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101481&var_Year=2005&var_Month=02&var_Day=16#.UdQgzqa9LCQ
Bill and Paul wow Boise
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101662&var_Year=2005&var_Month=02&var_Day=23
Birth. Life. Love. Death.
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005101767&var_Year=2005&var_Month=03&var_Day=02#.UdQhTqa9LCQ
From Concentration Camps to Cotton
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005102224&var_Year=2005&var_Month=03&var_Day=23
Discovering Art in Trash
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005102585&var_Year=2005&var_Month=04&var_Day=13#.UdQis6a9LCQ
It's time for a tea party
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005102926&var_Year=2005&var_Month=05&var_Day=04#.UdQjD6a9LCQ
A Heightened Life
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005102927&var_Year=2005&var_Month=05&var_Day=04#.UdQjLKa9LCQ
Creating a classic
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005102991&var_Year=2005&var_Month=05&var_Day=11#.UdQjW6a9LCQ
Reflections on the discovery of Idaho
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103119&var_Year=2005&var_Month=05&var_Day=18#.UdQjg6a9LCQ
Capturing Passion
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103118&var_Year=2005&var_Month=05&var_Day=18#.UdQjoaa9LCQ
Floral Giants
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103325&var_Year=2005&var_Month=06&var_Day=01#.UdQj1qa9LCQ
A Conversation With Stanley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103444&var_Year=2005&var_Month=06&var_Day=08#.UdQkAqa9LCQ
Ketchum Comes Alive
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103676&var_Year=2005&var_Month=06&var_Day=22#.UdQkWaa9LCQ
A Starry Night At The Opera
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103840&var_Year=2005&var_Month=06&var_Day=29#.UdQkiaa9LCQ
Tango to Miracles
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005103980&var_Year=2005&var_Month=07&var_Day=06#.UdQks6a9LCQ
Wildfires and Wedding Descend on Sun valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005104109&var_Year=2005&var_Month=07&var_Day=13#.UdQk36a9LCQ
A Quilt in Time
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005104126&var_Year=2005&var_Month=07&var_Day=13#.UdQk_6a9LCQ
Wine wonderful Wine
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005104245&var_Year=2005&var_Month=07&var_Day=20#.UdQlLKa9LCQ
Symphony Serenades Sun Valley
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005104556&var_Year=2005&var_Month=08&var_Day=03#.UdQlZaa9LCQ
Art in the Park
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005104651&var_Year=2005&var_Month=08&var_Day=10#.UdQlk6a9LCQ
Wrap up in Joseph's Dreamcoat
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005105624&var_Year=2005&var_Month=10&var_Day=05#.UdQmOaa9LCQ
Explore New Art at St Luke's
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005106811&var_Year=2005&var_Month=12&var_Day=14#.UdQnBaa9LCQ
2004
Hunting for the truth
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200410928&var_Year=2004&var_Month=11&var_Day=03#.UdQdvqa9LCQ
Sugarplums, nuts, hot chocolate and coffee
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200411235&var_Year=2004&var_Month=11&var_Day=24#.UdQeTaa9LCQ
All the fun of the valley in a book
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200411373&var_Year=2004&var_Month=12&var_Day=08#.UdQesqa9LCQ
The clarity of light
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200411536&var_Year=2004&var_Month=12&var_Day=29#.UdQfK6a9LCQ
The passion of Jim
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200411535&var_Year=2004&var_Month=12&var_Day=29#.UdQfTaa9LCQ
Devining Devillier
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200411183#.UdQbkKa9LCQ
Elephant expert shares story
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=200411434#.UdQcEaa9LCQ