Bill Love pauses to pet his dogs during a geocaching outing in North Idaho. You can read post by Marianne Love/Slight Detour re: outing below.

Top Blog Entry (from North Idaho Blogroll newby Amber Dee/Endless Possiblities): Whenever a relationship ends people become consumed with what I call Columbo syndrome.  They want to understand the whys and hows.  Instead of choosing to accept their new reality, they get sucked in by the need to understand the other person's choices, thinking that maybe there is still some way of rectifying the situation.  People wonder, "Why did they break up with me when things were going so well?"  Well there's the short answer and the long answer and in a completely unexpected turn of events (this is sarcasm by the way) I will offer you both/Amber Dee, Endless Possibilities. More here. H/T: SamC (for bringing this blog to my attention)

• An epic fail of planetary proportions/A Family Runs Through It
• Andy Williams diagnosed with cancer/Community Comment
• Cain: Searching for a shred of decency/Dogwalk Musings
• Have you ever wondered who came before you?/From A Simple Mind
• The Sacketts wetland mapped/Terry Harris, KEA Blog
• I'm thankful for knowledge/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• Chirp, chirp: The big year, and: What's not to love?/Slight Detour
• Fiction/Figure Skating, Part 2/Writing North Idaho
• Hands/Tumblewords
• HucksOnline numbers (for week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5): 49,569/29,814

Question: In your dating days, did you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out how a relationship went sideways?