Author: Justin Hill
Well-known Mormons in the Salt Lake City Cemetery
If you like cemeteries and you like Mormons, you’ll love the Salt Lake City Cemetery. The oldest known burial here was in 1847, a child named Mary B. Wallace. Two years later, George Wallace was on the committee that recommended the place to Brigham Young. The cemetery covers 120 acres and there are now (September…
The Road to Character
“People turn into little brand managers, using Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and Instagram to create a falsely upbeat, slightly over exuberant, external self that can be famous first in a small sphere and then, with luck, in a large one.” (The Road to Character by David Brooks, page 251.) This book triggered at least two nights of…
The Great Sheep Escape
Our friends’ four 4-H sheep broke out of their backyard pen and joined a neighboring flock. I showed up after they had been trying for an hour to extract the four from the rest and I took some footage of the fun. I’m sad I missed the impressive leaps over outstretched arms that happened before I pulled out…
Looking for Bacon Guy at Bear Lake
Last week we spent a couple of nights in the Old Ephraim cabin at Rendezvous Beach State Park in Laketown, Utah. The stall in the shared camp bathroom had a broken lock so you had to cough as each person entered to announce your presence. An 8-year-old kid ignored my cough and was singing to…
Family reunion 2015 in Yellowstone
One of our favorite places for a reunion is the Old Faithful cabins in Yellowstone National Park. Here’s a quick video and some photos of our July 2015 reunion:
