Mazama

Did you know that Mazama has its very own Advisory Committee? Maybe you did. But if not, now you do. It is quaintly named the Mazama Advisory Committee (MAC). You may be thinking to yourself that Mazama couldn’t possibly have much to advise. What is Mazama but some trees, rocks, pine cones, trails and a […]

Back in the day, did you ever take those fun little quizzes that often found in women’s magazines? You know, the ones that claimed to be able to type you, type your best celebrity match, decode which breed of dog is best for you, or tell you where in the world should you live. If […]

If you were anywhere near Mazama this past Friday, you got a leeeetle taste of summer. Not just the weather, which finally figured out that it is May, and not the flowers that are bursting out all over the place. No, it was the amount of people that really made it feel like summer. There […]

Boy howdy, do I have a hodgepodge of news from Mazama for you this week! First, the North Cascades Highway reopened on Thursday. But you probably knew this by the stream of cars and campers coming from the west. This means you had better take a second look to the right when you are heading […]

A lot of people went to a lot of different places over spring break, but unfortunately for me, the writer of this column, no one has given me anything to write about. So, what you get this week is what I like to call my backup plan. The backup plan is otherwise known as, “if […]

It was like a ghost town around here this past week. It appeared as though everyone in the valley left to seek warmer climes, more skiing (!) or even just a change of scenery. Wherever people went, they were certainly hoping to return to a finished melt-off, water flowing through their pipes, and mud all […]

It is finally safe to write about this. We are truly over the danger. At least for this year. If you are a hoarder and you keep stacks of newspapers around for years, this is one you should burn immediately after reading, lest you come across this next January, February or March and decide to […]

It is officially spring both in date and in weather. It doesn’t always happen this way. Often the date will say spring, but looking outside, it still seems like winter. How do we know that it is spring in Mazama? Daffodils and cherry blossoms? That’s funny. Instead, we know that it is spring when the […]

If you have a child or have been a child yourself, it is likely that you are familiar with LEGO. Maybe you created cities and empires or perhaps you never got past building a lovely color-coordinated box with some flowers outside the door (my kids should stop looking at me, ahem). Even if you have […]

I’m going to admit something that I rarely let slip out of my mouth or in this case, type with my cracked and dry fingers. You might want to sit down. Ready? I don’t Nordic ski. Sure, I’ve tried and have even gone out a few times here and there. I’ve had a lesson from […]