Valley Life: Lower Valley
It is that time of year when advice is doled out at graduation parties and family get-togethers. Here’s a few gems I’ve learned along the way: Wear safety glasses when doing any activity that hurls...
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The 75th annual Apple Pie Jamboree kicks off the weekend with pie, pie, and, wait for it … more pie. As one says, pointing to one’s mouth and/or belly, “pie goes in here!” Friday evening (July 15,) the...
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I contracted COVID last week. Indoors, I wear my mask. Outdoors, I wear a mask in large gatherings — for instance, while at the farmers market. I’m fully vaccinated and boosted. The one place I chose...
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Nearly 30 years ago, Doug and Sue Runyan drove over the North Cascades to meet with a Realtor in the Methow Valley. They fell in love with a small alfalfa field alongside the river below Carlton,...
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You probably already knew this fun fact: raptors migrate by day and songbirds migrate at night. A ridgeline hike paired with overnight camping during a full moon week in September and October is a...
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Ahh, the tell-tale signs of summer’s end: a chill in the morning, a bit of smoke in the air, and copious amounts of zucchini. I recently heard an interview with Stanley Tucci wherein he sings the...
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Notice anything different about the Methow Valley skyline? McClure Mountain is getting a new communications tower. The 100-foot tower will replace the older, out-of-date, smaller towers at the site and...
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When I was a young whippersnapper, I would have spent this week cutting geometric shapes out of colored paper and gluing them together with a bit of string, while labeling each in crayon the “Nina,”...
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Austice: n., a wistful omen of the first sign of autumn — a subtle coolness in the shadows, a rustling of dead leaves abandoned on the sidewalk, or a long skein of geese sweeping over your head like...
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The down side to writing a column is that I’m sitting here in the present writing about the future and by the time you read this, it will be past. According to Albert Einstein, it’s all relative...
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