Huckleberry Friends — 7.21.17

“It’s Cindy Wooden’s birthday today, and she told me last night that she had received one of the best birthday presents imaginable: she met her favorite author Marilynne Robinson,” posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. “It was actually the meeting of two worldly women writers from Sandpoint.” Cindy, right, works at the Vatican as bureau chief for Catholic News Service. Marilynne is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer. More here.

• Your weekly planner /On Tap
• Didn’t see it coming /Faithful Geek
• Words here & words there /Simple Mind
• Compromise on upswing? /Randy Stapilus
• Bonner County embarrassment /Bay Views
• The meaning of more /Betty Richardson (RP)
• Potlatch ban fires on Idaho property /Outdoors
• More than one man/one child /Dogwalk Musings
• Friday’s Openings: History, flirting, fantasy /7 Blog
• Citizen legislator Keough says bye /Carlson Chronicles
• Some good, wholesome news for a change /Fort Boise