Elsewhere in the newspaper you will read about the Let’s Paint Winthrop project to freshen up downtown’s murals, signs, and buildings. Learning about this project reminded me of a time probably about 12 years ago when I was driving through Winthrop with my daughter, who was then around kindergarten age. We had to wait a […]
VALLEY LIFE
Valley Life: Mazama
“I was dancing and whooping at the end of the day,” Dawn Mueller, Mazama massage therapist, exclaimed regarding the first time she went heli-skiing. Still exhilarated, “I went out dancing that night!” Backcountry skiers who are ferried to remote mountain areas by helicopter all seem to share the same enthusiasm for this unique ski activity. […]
Valley Life: Twisp
What happens when the country mouse visits the city mouse? We all know the story, the country mouse overeats on the lavish spread of food, feeling sick, and is furthermore terrified by the alley cats, only to happily return home to the safety of his simpleton life, taking comfort in the security of home. So, […]
Valley Life: Lower Valley
Esteemed poet E. E. Cummings could have been waxing poetic on the Methow Valley when he said, “The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” In the quiet morning, ice crunches softly underfoot while migrating birds hop about budding trees. Say’s Phoebes, swallows, orioles and robins trill their morning chorus. In the late morning sun, the sound […]
Driving one hour and 45 minutes from Mazama, a pit stop is usually in order. Most Methow Valley residents know the beauty of Lone Pine Fruit & Espresso 4 miles south of the Beebe Bridge. If you have never stopped there, make it a point next time traveling to or from Wenatchee or all points […]
Valley Life: Winthrop
The sound never fails to catch our attention. At home, in the office, at the library or the post office, or in the park, the scream of a siren in the Methow Valley causes us all to pause, to look and listen, to try to determine where the alarm is coming from and, more importantly, […]
Valley Life: Twisp
I am in the process of having to re-introduce myself to many of my old friends. You see, the identity I’ve been driving for the past seven years has been updated and no one on the road seems to recognize my new sleek, black look. I drive by the familiar makes and models I’ve passed […]
Valley Life: Mazama
Word and idiom origin resources all seem to agree that the phrase “bucket list,” a list of things to accomplish before one’s death, is of uncertain etymology. However, 2006, a year before the release of the popular movie “The Bucket List,” is the most stated year of origin. Bucket list is derived from the phrase […]
Valley Life: Winthrop
The Book of Shoveling: a story told in five monthly installments. November, in which the household shoveler spends the day of the first (early, unexpected, robust) storm locating snow boots, shovels, car scrapers, snow tires, winter gloves and Yak Traks. The strategy required of the first shoveling event is critical, because it determines the outer […]
Valley Life: Twisp
Powder graced the slopes at the Loup Loup Ski Bowl over the weekend for what might be the last epic dump of the season. Big thanks to Leaf Seaburg, who organized the Slopestyle competition where able-bodied shredders showed their best stuff on the jumps and rails in the terrain park. Noah Ashford, in his usually […]
