The super blood wolf moon eclipse Sunday night graced the heavens thanks to clear skies. After a grey, low cloud ceiling all day, what a treat to step outside and see the moon, glowing bronze, getting gobbled up by the shadow of earth. According to many traditional beliefs from around the world, the lunar eclipse […]
VALLEY LIFE
Winthrop: January 23, 2019
Let us now ponder the ubiquity of the dark blue Subaru Outback in the Methow Valley. Several weeks ago after shopping at Hank’s Harvest Foods, I unloaded my three giant tote bags of groceries into the back of my dark blue Subaru Outback. I then returned the cart to the store and hopped into the […]
Lower Valley: January 23, 2019
Whiteout Racing Kennel exceeded expectations last month at the dog sled racing season kickoff, the West Yellowstone Rodeo Run. The early season event gains popularity each year as West Yellowstone receives more snow than other places, albeit less snow in past years. Whiteout Racing Kennel owner and operator Christina Gibson described the Rodeo Run as […]
Mazama: January 16, 2019
By Erika Kar I first noticed him on the computer speaker. He thought he was camouflaged. And this is how we met. I laughed at him because I could see him. The speaker is black, but he was just a shade browner than true black. When I laughed at him, his funny little telescopic eyes looked […]
Winthrop: January 16, 2019
By Ashley Lodato A person can live here for many years and not be considered a local, but still there are occasional milestones that make a person feel like she/he belongs in a place. One such moment for me was when Hank (of Hank’s Harvest Foods, of course) started calling me by name. And another […]
Twisp: January 16, 2019
By Sarah Schrock Hockey. That about sums up what 15 valley families, including ours, did this weekend. Over the course of 35 or so hours, the Winthrop Wolverines played four games in the Great Outdoor Classic U10 tournament. Our local Wolverines were up against teams from around the region that have a few advantages over […]
Mazama: January 9, 2019
By Erika Kar It is always a treat when I see an email from my neighbor, Eric Burr, in my inbox. These emails always include a look into the natural world that is teeming with action all around us. While I love nature and am fairly aware, I don’t have the knowledge that he has. His […]
Winthrop: January 9, 2019
By Ashley Lodato As if those Calvert and Ulmer families aren’t nefarious enough characters without donning costumes and assuming mysterious personae, they had to go and spice up their Christmas Eve with a murder mystery game. Don and Jill Calvert, Laurie and Jeff Ulmer, some friends from Alaska, and all of their various children participated, […]
Twisp: January 9, 2019
By Sarah Schrock The new year is very close to 2020, which to me sounds like a sci-fi turning point in the history of mankind. Twenty-twenty sounds like the future-images and depictions of a futuristic world where people teleport, cities will be built in the sky, flying vehicles will be whizzing by and cyborgs will […]
Lower Valley: January 9, 2019
By Joanna Bastian The same year my great-aunt Rosie was born, her 17-year-old sister Jean gave birth to my mother Carol. Being just a year apart, my mother Carol and her Aunt Rosie were playmates and confidantes, as close as sisters. They had sleepovers and play dates, inside jokes and secrets. When we visited Grandma Jean […]
