By Bob Spiwak The past week has been gorgeous. While fog has enveloped the country from Everett to Bellingham at least for a week, here it was pushing or into the 70 s. This might explain the numbers of people in Mazama, in the hostelries of Winthrop and on the roads during a normally slow […]
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Oct. 23, 2013
By Bob Spiwak Wow. What an Indian (or Native American if you prefer) summer we are having. A full moon floating around, now hanging in the sky in the early morning hours, temperatures in the high 60s with 70 predicted for today. Having taken the canoe off the car top for the winter, it’s incumbent […]
Mazama: Oct. 16, 2013
By Bob Spiwak A bright and sunny Monday, wake-up temperature of 29.8 degrees, the coolest of the season, and oh so dark yet at 6:30 a.m. The trees have about peaked now, and the leaf storms, even without wind to assist, are on the upswing. Or down-flutter. Swinging into the valley for a visit last […]
Mazama: Oct. 9, 2013
By Bob Spiwak Well, the gummint shutdown has had its effect on motorists traveling to and from the Methow who feel the call of nature. One would not imagine that our congressional clods in the House of Representatives have enough sway to close the bathrooms along the length of Highway 20 – at least where […]
Mazama: Oct. 2, 2013
By Bob Spiwak Fall is definitely here. The trees are coloring rapidly, and in about two weeks they will peak into splendiferous yellows and golds and maybe a trace of red here and there. Nighttime temperatures have gone into the 30s and the wood stove has, on a few rainy occasions, been cooking throughout the […]
Mazama: Sept. 25, 2013
By Bob Spiwak Voices from the Mazama past – well, not really voices, but emails from Bob Cram, who is living at a posh old-timers facility in Seattle with his lovely wife, Martha. Bob has been assuming a lot of the mundane domestic chores and notes, “I have honed my cooking skills, thanks to the […]
Mazama: Sept. 18, 2013
By Bob Spiwak The NOAA weather people had it right on Sunday: heavy rain, possible lightning and thunder after 8 p.m. From the beginning of the day to sunset it did not look as though it would happen. There was a fat moon at 8 p.m., but the sky was clobbered with clouds shortly after, […]
Mazama: Sept. 11, 2013
By Bob Spiwak This newspaper will get to local mailboxes on a momentous date, Sept. 11. The repercussions of that day are still with us as once more there is talk and more talk about military action involving Middle East activities, even on their own soil. Without getting preachy in this space, it would behoove […]
Mazama: Sept. 4, 2013
By Bob Spiwak It is Labor Day and the biennial West Boesel Car Count has concluded. Methow Valley News subscribers around the world will be awaiting the results of the count. Non-subscribers, some of whom regard this issue as equal to a Sports Illustrated swimsuit magazine issue, will scramble to get a copy. We suggest […]
Mazama: August 28, 2013
By Bob Spiwak Sunday afternoon I became more unhinged than usual. It all began when I was road testing my ancient ’78 Chevy pickup for a Monday morning trip to Twisp. This was the end of a three-day “get rid of everything” sale at Mary Thompson’s place on Beaver Creek. Everything had to go because […]
