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Finding Christmas Spirit
Looking for Christmas spirit in all the shopping and stress can be a daunting experience. Maybe overcoming the Grinch is a matter of looking for the experiences of the holidays…
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Meet Krampus, the Anti-Santa Who Seeks Disobedient Children this Christmas Season
Krampus is the counterpart to the immortal Santa Claus. Krampus, a massive anthropomorphic “Goat-Beast” seeks out misbehaving children and swats them with his thorny switch every Krampusnacht, or December 5th.…
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Valentine’s Day Out of the Box
A look at the way different generations celebrate Valentine’s Day with dinner and and connection. It’s about creating a memorable experience.
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Utah’s Cookie Wars
In 2022 Utah companies were embroiled in a cookie war with both sides accusing the other of copyright infringement and espionage.
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Death Pays a Visit in Logan, Utah
I spent the last two years collecting folklore in the Cache Valley area, Logan mostly. I have collected thirty-five new sightings and tales of the folkloric and anomalous. Here are…
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More than Ever Utah Couples are Deciding to Not Have Children. We Ask, Why?
From 2010 to 2020, Utah’s birth rate declined by almost 22 percent, a trend mirrored across the US during a decade marked by economic struggle and the onset of the…
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Utah’s City Leaders Duped into Believing Subsidizing Big-Box Stores is Smart City Planning
Putting big-box parks throughout our suburban areas, as it turns out, isn’t such a great investment per acre after all. The numbers don’t lie.
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Salt Lake’s Early Days: Prostitution in Utah
You won’t read about it in the history books, and you won’t hear about it at Sunday School, but Salt Lake’s early days were rife with vice, including prostitution.
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Paranormal Conference in Vernal, Utah Attracts Believers from all over the World
From Sasquatch to giants, UFOs, skin-walkers, ghost hunts and more, the annual PhenomeCon paranormal conference serves up an intriguing slate of topics and adventures.
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The Legacy of The Man Who Photographed Women Wearing Body Paint in the Utah Desert
Paul Butler, became famous for his remarkable nude figure drawings and photos of women wearing body paint.
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Utah’s Saints & Sinners
Reconciling the strange world of living in Utah as a “sinner” after leaving the LDS Church has been interesting.
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Leprechauns in Utah? Where else but Leprechaun Valley?
Maybe we had an encounter with some Utah-based “leprechauns?” After all, the wee folk does have a home in Utah’s redrock landscape and they are said to guard a huge…