The Methow is hard act to follow when it comes to the arts. Performing arts especially were in full tilt last weekend as local actors, musicians and acrobats took to multiple stages across the valley. I couldn’t attend all the stage acts, but here are some briefings garnered from friends and family who did, and […]
VALLEY LIFE
Winthrop: May 22, 2019
Have you ever wondered how the big trout in the pond the Winthrop National Fish Hatchery uses for Methow Kids’ Fishing Day get there? No? Neither had I. I just took it for granted that hundreds of kids show up at the hatchery on the second Saturday of June each year, throw their lines in […]
Mazama: May 22, 2019
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 […]
Twisp: May 15, 2019
They seem to appear almost overnight, their long necks craning for sunshine and erupting in a sea of yellow across my lawn. They seem to explode after the first mowing of the season, somehow escaping the blades. And almost as fast they appear, they become soft whispering puffs dotting the green blanket of lawn. Dandelions […]
Winthrop: May 15, 2019
Here’s what I love about the seasons: They allow you to see familiar places through a new lens. Sure, we’ve technically been in spring for nearly two months. But it’s only been the past few weeks that have really felt like a whole new season, completely distinct from winter. Suddenly, trails we skied on as […]
Mazama: May 15, 2019
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 […]
Lower Valley: May 8, 2019
As I followed the river down the lower valley in the early morning hours, pear blossoms and balsamroot shone in the morning sun. The river rapids glistened with light, while the cliffs revealed their storylines in dramatic relief in the rays of the rising sun. I tried to image what it looked like before the […]
Twisp: May 8, 2019
In the wake of the Trashion Show, it’s important to dispel some rumors that have been spreading about whether recycling matters. When the event was first conceptualized it was a way to use art and creativity to heighten awareness around waste and promote the idea of up-cycling. Upcycling refers to the adaptive/creative re-use of a […]
Winthrop: May 8, 2019
Just a week after Winthrop’s annual celebration of the Western frontier, the Little Star Montessori School will host an event to take place in a different frontier — the final one, as the crew of the Starship Enterprise would say. If you’re one of the lucky ticket holders to “A Night in the Cosmos,” Little Star’s upcoming […]
Mazama: May 8, 2019
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 […]
