Twisp

When I first came to the Methow, I wandered into the most iconic building in Twisp, the Methow Valley Community Center, to get a feel for the history of the place I now called home. Vintage-looking black-and-white photos of past graduating classes from the high school that once occupied this building lined the walls. On […]

This, my first column written for the Valley Life page, is where I introduce myself. Like so many of us, I lived in the Methow part-time before making the leap “over the hill,” full-time. I’m a third-generation Seattleite who was raised in the home my grandfather built in 1910 near Ravenna Park, a park with […]

When I embarked on this writing adventure in 2016, I didn’t know where it would take me. At the start, I had a knack for finding humanist themes I could weave together with local stories. I covered subjects ranging from six degrees of separation, free-range dogs, regret, patriotism, to modern parenting in the Methow. I […]

The successful summer at the Wagner Memorial Pool warms my heart. From crowded lap lanes, playful kids, to a winning swim team, it’s a testament to how important this pool is to our community. Summer simply would not be the same without this pool in our valley. The pool builds community across faiths, ages, and […]

Have you ever received a bogus message from Amazon indicating suspicious activity on your account? Well, I have, so many times in fact, I’ve come to ignore them. Ninety-nine times out of 100 these are phishing scams hoping you will click on a link you shouldn’t or give personal or financial information over the phone. […]

It’s difficult to gaze out the window and think of anything else but the elephant in the room. Or the elephant in the air. Speaking of elephants, the Twisp Feed reader board had a joke about an elephant this week. “Why can’t you see the elephants hiding in the trees? Because they’re so good at […]

In this short column, I won’t be able to cover the many tendrils of influence Lou Kallery bestowed on his pupils during his tenure as a teacher at Liberty Bell High School where he taught English to countless graduates from 1989-2005. In any case, the ranks, and profiles of the generation of students that came […]

Over a decade of steady growth and development, Twisp River Suites has just passed some big milestones with their 11th anniversary and the 80th birthday of Joe Marver, the jovial host and proprietor of the boutique hotel on Twisp Avenue. Creative minds don’t typically attack problems linearly and big ideas need a visionary who can […]

At the risk of sounding cliché, the animal kingdom is, well, wildly unpredictable. This week I am diving into the close encounters of the amphibian kind. In town and far afield, unusual critters are making unexpected appearances eliciting peculiar tales of summer storytelling. But before we get coldblooded in the animal tales, a pair of […]

Through the tears and embraces shared among valley parents as they sought comfort in one another over the week, processing and mourning Kierra’s death and Caitlyn’s injuries, a prevailing sentiment aggrieving them was fear. As Nancy and Joe are now living a parent’s worst nightmare, fear has afflicted many. The unwavering love and devotion we […]