Silver Valley Stories

William Henry Bonser Lamin Born in August 1887 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sisters Catherine (Kate) and Agnes (Annie...

Gr-r-r-r-r!! For some reason, I cannot send or receive from certain email addressess. I think it has something to do with the snow! On Sund...

when the trees bow down their heads,The wind is passing by. - Christina Georgina Rossetti

My brother Raymond Pert spent some time at our home this last summer, and realized their was a deep void in our music collection. We did not...

When the ice is covered with snow, I do not suspect the wealth under my feet; that there is as good as a mine under me wherever I go. How ma...

One of the things that has been lacking in my life for quite some time was my early morning Bible reading. I do good for a while, then it s...

Come see the north wind’s masonry. Out of an unseen quarry evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves his white bastions with...

This week's Sibling Assignment was posed to us by Inland Empire Girl. IEG's is here , and RP's is here . Here is this week's...

The Princess had her friends Luke and Tim over to watch some movies, and Z2 had her friend Claire over. They all took a break from movie wat...

Raymond Pert recently took this picture of the old Kellogg YMCA. Different conversations I have been having recently have reminded me of so...

I didn't realize I was going to make this award, but after driving through Coeur d'Alene yesterday, Sherman Avenue has received the ...

Kiki Aru's team, the Jags, won the 5th-6th grade Youth Basketball League Championship recently. These girls, and one boy, have been pl...

PKR and I have been enjoying revisiting the first season of Boston Legal with the DVD's we got for Christmas. This is a very well writt...

Tonight our church family gathered to share the victories that happened during the last 21 days. As I mentioned last week, some of our chur...

This week, I posed this assignment to my siblings: In light of the collapse of Silver King School, let’s share a story involving Silver King...

Rev. Thomas E. Connolly, S.J. visits with Z2 and her History Day project group at Gonzaga University today. Today I drove Z2 and four of her...

Tag You're IT! Tag! I was tagged by Myrtle Beached Whale . Thanks for choosing me! These are the rules : 1. Link to the person that tagg...

A couple of years ago I rented this movie "Love Actually", and it came up in a conversation with friends over the holidays, and so...

One of the first nicknames I acquired in my life was "Pooh". But I'm not sure the origin of this nickname. It could have ha...