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I have decided to get back together with winter. We have been broken up for years, but I think it’s time I take the first step to rekindle our relationship. I once enjoyed the season, or at least ...
Mothers-to-be need to hear the good news first
See what you have to look forward to.” That phrase generally denotes a positive aspect of the future — something you might hope to experience. Take, for example, the scenario of two men engaged in...
See what you have to look forward to.” That phrase generally denotes a positive aspect of the future — something you might hope to experience. Take, for example, the scenario of two men engaged in...
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Holiday mixing of families a first test for betrothed
Driving into Salt Lake City Monday evening for a screening of the new “A Christmas Carol” movie, I couldn’t help but notice how dark the sky was. Daylight Savings Time had ended and it was as if s...
Driving into Salt Lake City Monday evening for a screening of the new “A Christmas Carol” movie, I couldn’t help but notice how dark the sky was. Daylight Savings Time had ended and it was as if s...
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Halloween Grinch uses holiday to get women, watch slasher films
The older I get, the more I don’t really care to dress up in some costume for Halloween. Don’t get me wrong though, Halloween does have its advantages — more on that later. My first ever memory of...
The older I get, the more I don’t really care to dress up in some costume for Halloween. Don’t get me wrong though, Halloween does have its advantages — more on that later. My first ever memory of...
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Exercise value of golf is questionable
People do some amazing things nowadays. They compete in marathons, triathlons, Ragnar Relays and race across continents. Sometimes a pair of tough guys will lock themselves in a cage and fight to ...
People do some amazing things nowadays. They compete in marathons, triathlons, Ragnar Relays and race across continents. Sometimes a pair of tough guys will lock themselves in a cage and fight to ...
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From Scouting exec to journalist involved familiar leap of faith
I was asked the other day about how I was enjoying my conversion from Boy Scout executive to journalist. For those of you who haven’t been following my career over the years, I joined the Transcr...
I was asked the other day about how I was enjoying my conversion from Boy Scout executive to journalist. For those of you who haven’t been following my career over the years, I joined the Transcr...
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Halloween costumes let adults have childhood back for a day
I don’t remember exactly how old I was when my parents forbade me from trick-or-treating because I was too old — the point at which I also stopped dressing up for Halloween. But since that time, I...
I don’t remember exactly how old I was when my parents forbade me from trick-or-treating because I was too old — the point at which I also stopped dressing up for Halloween. But since that time, I...
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One question I’ve been asked often since I started working at the Transcript is “Whose side are you on?” Sometimes people ask directly. Sometimes they beat around the bush. Do I support Grantsvill...
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While traveling through Kamas en route to another weekend camping trip in the mountains, and a quest to avoid letting summer fade out all too soon, I noticed a remarkable number of adolescents comb...
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I’ve had difficulty concentrating this week. Every few minutes my eye catches a glimmer of light off a gorgeous black diamond ring that now occupies the ring finger on my left hand. I left for a we...
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My father Gayle Watson, 84, from Grantsville, has been a musician his whole life, played drums in jazz bands for nearly 50 years, and plays the piano by ear. Back in the day, we would play a song f...
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A few months ago, I received a notice that my name had been selected as a potential jury member. I had to answer a few questions about myself and my availability for jury duty, and send the form ba...
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As I was driving east on I-80 through the Salt Lake Valley Friday evening on my way to Heber City, I began to grow excited for the upcoming football season. Grantsville’s opener against Wasatch w...
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It’s a routine I’ve become accustomed to over the past two and a half years: waking up early — currently it’s 5:20 a.m. — and getting on the road by 6:15 so I can get to work by 7:15. I am what is...
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To the left of my desk at the Transcript-Bulletin office are two photos of my pride and joy: a 3-year-old miniature Dachshund named Beatrix Kiddo. On my right is a small, silver-colored wiener dog ...
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