Opinion

‘Great Expectations’

Published by admin on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 3:43pm

When I first started this column, I touched on the idea that sometimes the works of art we love change with time. Rather, it isn’t the work, but how we receive it having lived more life. I think this is one of the things I’ve always liked best about books — because we bring our own minds and experiences with us when we read, we never read a book the same way the person beside us does and, because of time, we never read the same book twice.

The Long Journey Home: First and final death

Published by admin on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 3:40pm

“And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.” — Genesis 3:21

Collected Works of Claire Keegan

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:37pm

A few years ago, I started changing how I read. If I found a book I really loved, I began reading the rest of the author’s works instead of considering it a one-off; I know it sounds simplistic, but it’s generally not how we’re taught to read (excluding those authors who write long running series). I did it with Michael Ondaatje’s work first and am currently on an Ann Patchett kick, but I’d like to talk about Claire Keegan today, whose books I read over the course of a month last summer. Keegan is an Irish author (a belated Happy St.

Another gem from a Greybull native

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:36pm

Jeff Tolman, a Greybull native, son of Bob and Freda Gould Tolman, retired lawyer and judge, is also a talented writer. The Standard has been blessed that he has shared his talent, his way with words, with us.
We hope you enjoy his latest contribution, wise words that should make us all stop and think.
“The Art of Conversation” by Jeff Tolman

The week of truth is coming

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:35pm

This next week, Christians will have the realities of the faith set before us.

Letter to the Editor: Small-town newspapers connect the communities they serve

Published by admin on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:34pm

Dear editor:
Gotta say it.  I love small-town newspapers.  It’s just not right to think of Greybull without the Standard. And it’s not practical. The editor recently referred to the diminishing of area newspapers, and how the demand for them has changed. It didn’t paint a pretty picture for any of us.  
Small weekly papers can’t compete with Wall Street Journal, New York Times, European financial transactions, even statewide papers.  What local papers do best is fill the gaps and appreciate the “real news” in our own town.

Old papers provide frequent reminders of simpler times

Published by admin on Thu, 03/14/2024 - 12:33pm

Looking through archived Greybull Standards is not only fun, it’s educational. I am sometimes shocked by how many things I have forgotten about the town, community and school down through the ages (that I can recall with ease, that is).

Look up and live

Published by admin on Thu, 03/14/2024 - 12:32pm

Resurrection Sunday is on the horizon, but before resurrection comes honor (Palm Sunday) and rejection, followed by crucifixion, death and burial.  

Fans brought the energy in support of their Buffs

Published by admin on Thu, 03/07/2024 - 2:51pm

Some random thoughts after two straight weekends on the road:
• There’s something about sports.  We can grumble about a lot of things -- politics, rising prices, social media, the younger generation, poor drivers, the list goes on and on.
Nothing brings a community together better than sports, and for that matter, school events in general.  They bring us together.  What would we do without them during the winter months?  

The Long Journey Home: Created for more, seduced by less

Published by admin on Thu, 03/07/2024 - 2:50pm

It is the story that plays itself out over and over again in our lives. Our eye is drawn to something that at first only piques our curiosity. But what was only something fleeting becomes something that holds our attention and then becomes an obsession. The garden narrative found in the opening pages of the Bible describes a world of unimaginable harmony. Man and woman living as they were designed and created to live: in relationship with God, each other and creation. Living as it was meant to be, as we were meant to be.