News First! SALMON MOON: River of No Return (Encircle Publications, 2024) won a Finalist Award from the WILLA Award for Mystery/Thrillers in this year’s contest! https://bookshop.org/p/books/salmon-moon-river-of-no-return-julie-weston/5d226d44bd181c06?ean=9781645995814&next=t My story “Blue Shades,” about a madam in northern Idaho in the 1920s … Continue reading →
Spring flowers passed us by this year. Late frosts arrived instead. Summer scorched us and then smoke choked us. As much as we love our surrounding mountains, fear of fire felt like a sword of Damocles that would drop … Continue reading →
Flash One: On Monday evening, September 23, 2024, at the Sun Valley Museum of the Arts in Ketchum, Idaho, Julie Weston will present information and stories about her forthcoming book, SALMON MOON: The River of No Return. This presentation … Continue reading →
On a full moon night at Galena Lodge, my husband and I ventured on snowshoes out into the dark, lit by the moon, round and the color of bone. On our way home after dinner, we drove to Last Chance … Continue reading →
When I was seven years old, I began skiing, a lifelong learning process. It was a sport I have enjoyed my whole life—until this year. I skied along with my brother and my sister and my mother at Lookout Pass … Continue reading →
Three years ago, the pandemic raged around the world. In the Wood River Valley, all of us were locked down, only left our homes to get take-out food and groceries, wore masks everywhere, washed our hands 4 or 5 times … Continue reading →
“I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there’s a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to … Continue reading →
DECEMBER IS FOR SNOW AND BOOKS Snow is falling in a serious way. It is the kind of day when I want to grab my latest book and curl up on the couch in front of the fire and read. … Continue reading →
Did you know that at one time one-third of Idaho’s population was Chinese? This was at a time when the railroad connecting the country had been completed and the population of Idaho swelled with mostly men seeking gold. They were … Continue reading →
March 20 marks the first day of spring this year. We have already done the “spring forward” two-step. As important, Women’s History Month is celebrated in March. My mother’s birthday was March 19, so this month is a concurrence of … Continue reading →