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What It Means to Rise- the class of 2020
Note this piece appeared in the Iron County Today on Wednesday May 6, 2020 The Class of 2020 was born on the heels of 9/11 and raised in...

Amyanne rigby
May 7, 20203 min read


The Burrows Abroad
Meet my cousin Brenna and her beautiful family: Chance, Emry and Wynn. Brenna loves to travel the world enriching the lives of her...

Amyanne rigby
Apr 29, 20203 min read


100 years ago- The Flu epidemic of 1918
Contributor’s note- I grew up on stories of the flu epidemic of 1918- it is somewhat family folklore. My Great Grandmother, Jennie Smith...

Amyanne rigby
Apr 19, 20204 min read


Francis LeBaron Leany
Francis LeBaron Leany would have been 96 today. He was my husband's maternal grandfather- father of Clarice Leany Rigby. I was...

Amyanne rigby
Apr 6, 20204 min read


Happy 79th Birthdays Mom and Dad
My parents, Kimball and Janet Weaver were born one day a part - April 4th and 5th 1941. Dad is one day older than mom. They were six...

Amyanne rigby
Apr 5, 20203 min read


Lessons learned from the building of the St. George Temple-
(The following was a talk I gave in Sacrament meeting in early March. Now that all temples have closed, I find comfort in the things I...

Amyanne rigby
Apr 3, 202012 min read


Merry Christmas
To be honest, 2019 has not been our best year. It seems something or someone was constantly breaking (I really am not exaggerating) But...

Amyanne rigby
Dec 25, 20196 min read


"Happy Hunting Dears"
Did I mention I was married to a mountain goat? Rigby loves wandering in the hills and “The deer hunt” is his favorite. When we were...

Amyanne rigby
Oct 21, 20193 min read


Fall and Football
Summer has long since taken its final bow, and the harvest’s foliage has ignited neighboring hills in a kaleidoscope of color. The air...

Amyanne rigby
Oct 13, 20192 min read


All Roads lead to home
I was a freshman at Cedar High School when I first got the “itch” to travel. Madame Whetman inspired my first dream to wander. That dream...

Amyanne rigby
Aug 26, 20193 min read


Peach Memories
Elvis had his “Blue Suede Shoes” and well I, I had my rit dyed peach sneakers- true story. It was the fall of 1988 and I was headed into...

Amyanne rigby
Aug 16, 20192 min read


Dr. Coach- a living legacy
Perhaps, you have noticed a string of thin clads making their way on the roads of Cedar City. They come from the north (CVHS), the south...

Amyanne rigby
Jul 31, 20193 min read


Tushar Lake Girls' Camp
There is nothing like taking girls into the woods. If you have never witnessed a Girls' Camp put on by the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Amyanne rigby
Jul 25, 20191 min read
Wandering in Rockville- at the mouth of Zion Canyon
Last Sunday evening I wandered just a bit... and I was in heaven. Rigby and I headed to Rockville so I could interview -------- (you'll...

Amyanne rigby
Jul 21, 20191 min read


For Love of the Game
“Baseball was, is, and always will be the best game in the world.” (Al Spalding) *note this article appeared in CC town's Iron County...

Amyanne rigby
Jul 15, 20192 min read


Sunshine, Summertime and memories
Growing up we scrambled up a little trouble, but it was good honest fun.

Amyanne rigby
Jul 8, 20191 min read


Castle Valley and the Cowboys
Castle Valley- a place of exploration and intrigue, legends and myth- Utah I-70

Amyanne rigby
Jun 24, 20191 min read


Ogden's sketchy 25th street
It's been said that even Al Capone wouldn't visit Ogden's 25th street in its "heydey." Really? its hard to imagine today's picturesque...

Amyanne rigby
Jun 17, 20192 min read


Waterfall Wander- Sulphur Creek, Capitol Reef National Park
There is nothing like teaming up adventure and family reunions. My Weaver Family added one to our family reunion this year. We tackled...

Amyanne rigby
Jun 15, 20192 min read


Remembering a hero- Honoring Bernell Ward Evans
(Most of my Memorial Day weekends were spent at the foot of my great Uncle Bernell's Feet in his boyhood home in Parowan Utah (the home...

Amyanne rigby
May 27, 20195 min read
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