Huckleberry Country

Book Excerpt: Sinon of Kirra, by Stephen Lalonde

By Huckleberry Press / December 1, 2020 /

Sinon had to wait until the one day in June that the Pythia would again sit on the tripod. His father was proud of him for making the decision to take the journey on his own this time and had given him the coins that Sinon had secured in a bag under his chiton.

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Dancing Down Memory Lane

By Huckleberry Press / October 20, 2020 /

Do sixth graders even have Halloween dance parties in their basements anymore?

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Harvest, Burning and Expectation

By Huckleberry Press / September 21, 2020 /

The air grows crisp as the grasses scratch at bare legs. It’s time to pick seeds out of socks and find homes for all the garden tomatoes and zucchini carefully tended through the summer.

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We’re Gonna Zoom Zoom Zoom-ah ZOOM!

By Huckleberry Press / September 8, 2020 /

by Amy McGarry Folks of my age might recognize these lyrics to the theme music for the kid’s show Zoom on PBS back in the ‘70’s. Remember before cable TV…

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Opening Up the Columbia

By Huckleberry Press / August 8, 2020 /

The first strike of gold in the West Kootenay was by Winslow and Osner Hall’s party of 15 in the summer of 1866.

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Spokane Valley’s Very Own Renaissance Man

By Huckleberry Press / July 29, 2020 /

The definition of Renaissance man is a person with many talents or areas of knowledge. For one Spokane Valley Renaissance man, that definition barely scratches the surface.

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Worry

By Huckleberry Press / June 20, 2020 /

It’s an odd thing, I don’t know what to worry about anymore. At first it was whether or not my family of six washed our hands eleventy thousand times a day.

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The Other Mother

By Huckleberry Press / May 15, 2020 /

Family is not predicated by blood. We all have that neighbor, friend, boss, mentor or lover that feels like home.

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Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader?

By Huckleberry Press / May 14, 2020 /

Recently, in the wonderful life of pandemic parenting and schooling from home (snicker snicker), I found myself on Google trying to relearn how to determine the numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom.

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The Plant and the Hippo

By Huckleberry Press / May 5, 2020 /

At first it appeared that Tanner was happy again, staying busy and spending more time with friends, but Hill and I often discussed our apprehensions. And then we saw it.

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