Reflections and Connections
DeReese Nielson was the first real cowboy I ever spent significant time with, and from him, I learned many life lessons.
He was a cowboy’s cowboy, having learned the profession from one of the best, his dad, Ed. I’m sure his education started about ten minutes after he learned to walk, maybe sooner...
I made it home to visit Mom in Monticello just in time for the snowstorm a couple of weeks ago.
It began snowing on Thursday evening and continued through the night. The legendary Monticello wind had not yet started, and before I retired to bed, I stepped out and saw snowflakes falling gently...
As I grow older, I spend more time reveling in childhood memories, and as I do, I can’t help but think of all the great mothers on our street.
My earliest memory is lying on the kitchen counter on a summer morning. I was about two. The warm rays of sun came through the east window. My giant of a...
I grew up spending my winter weekends at “the ski lift,” later christened “The Blue Mountain Ski Area” by the Forest Service.
It was a 15-minute drive from my front door, and my dad forked over $1 for a kid’s lift pass every Saturday, hoping I would acquire some athletic skill he could be proud of...
One of the intangible historical artifacts that defines me is that I grew up in a small town. My memories of being a child in that enchanted place are priceless.
Small-town kids have unique opportunities to develop creativity and common sense, which are unavailable in big cities.
A favorite memory...
BREAKING NEWS—December 1908, San Juan County College Students Enjoy a Sub-Zero Night on the Riverbank in Moab.
Each year, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the news is filled with horror stories of travel-related woes endured by folks scurrying home to spend the holidays with family.
If it’s not...
(Final part of the story, see sjrnews.com)
After the Norte trial concluded, Mark Gudmundsen didn’t know why some unexplained internal force compelled him to move to Bluff and work for his granduncle, Jacob Adams. Unknown to Mark, Jacob had a nearly identical experience forty-four years earlier. ...
(Part 3 of series. Mark Gudmundsen shot and killed Alexander Norte in Part 1. Gudmundsen found not guilty of murder in Part 2. Oct 2 and 9 SJR or sjrnews.com.)
We all carry personal burdens. Some are conquered easily and others are not. The more difficult ones are sometimes rechristened as demons....
(Part 2 of a series. In Part 1, Mark Gudmundsen shot and killed Alexander Norte in 1935 near Parowan. See the Oct 2 SJR or sjrnews.com.)
A Coroner’s jury convened the next day to review the facts to determine if a murder trial of Gudmundsen was justified.
On the stand, Gudmundsen admitted to...
Tom Doherty, a 20-year veteran police officer said...
“Even if you’re justified, killing someone means you’ve taken something away that can never be given back, never replaced, never repaired, never ameliorated. It’s absolutely irreversible. That’s a heavy burden to carry...”
Years ago, I had the...
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