Lyman’s new book, A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY, is fresh off the press. It’s a children’s book for readers of all ages, illustrated by the wonderful artist Ester West who has collaborated with Lyman on three books now. Grace has travelled all the way from Boston to spend Christmas with her grandparents. How will Santa find her… Read More
Lyman’s New Book is Fresh Off the Press: THE WAY TO ANGELS LANDING It’s a children’s book for readers of all ages, featuring illustrations by the beloved artist Roland Lee, known as “The Painter of Zion.” It’s the story of a boy who loved his grandfather. Every summer his parents took him on a journey across… Read More
Just in Time for Christmas A new book by LYMAN HAFEN With illustrations by ESTER WEST Do you know the seven rules of Christmas tree hunting? The day is finally here… the first Saturday of December, that glorious day when Julie and her family set out for the forest to find the perfect… Read More
Just in Time for Christmas A new book by LYMAN HAFEN With Wonderful and Wistful Illustrations by ESTER WEST How the faith of a child can melt an iceberg of logic into a puddle of possibility. As a little boy, I felt cheated growing up in a desert where most Christmas songs did not apply…… Read More
One of my favorite St. George Christmas tales was told by Nellie McArthur Gubler, the daughter of the story’s hero. It happened during the bitter cold winter of 1899, following the spring visit to St. George by LDS Church President Lorenzo Snow. During his visit to this drought-stricken corner of Utah, President Snow had received… Read More
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. —From “A Prayer for Spring” by Robert Frost They gathered at the Upper Well every spring. Twenty or thirty of them returned… Read More
I spend my work days seated at a desk in front of a window offering a view of what must be the most splendid skyline on earth. The Temples and Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park. I count it a blessing every day to look up from my computer screen and scan those… Read More
Marv Jones died on February 8, 2017, several months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. When I learned last year that Marv’s condition was terminal, denial set in immediately. Mainly because I could not imagine a world without Marv Jones in it. Also because I could not accept the idea that a man as full… Read More
There is something irreplaceable about the printed word. I have learned to never say never. The first time I wrote a column for St. George Magazine in 1983, I wrote it on an IBM Selectric typewriter. Others I knew were starting to do their work on a new-fangled gadget called a personal computer. I… Read More
“… if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” –Henry David Thoreau I distinctly remember how old I was when I came to terms with the fact that there were things I… Read More
