Twisp

Loup Loup skiers have been reporting a curious roadside attraction on the way up to the mountain lately. Livestock can easily go unnoticed along the highway, after all, this is Okanogan County where free range dominates the roads. But a peculiar menagerie of exotic creatures near Beaver Creek Road have gotten the slope side drivers […]

The Christmas tradition of gift giving finds its roots in a Christmas story, from the three kings who followed the northern star to Bethlehem bringing gifts to the baby Jesus. But many centuries later, European peoples extrapolated the tradition of gift giving into a wide array of traditions, some blended with winter solstice traditions and […]

Fifteen years a homeowner and we still have do not own a snow blower. During the first few years, it was pure ego and young backs that scoffed at the futility of owning a gas-powered machine when our able bodies could do the job just as well. Then there were those years of thin snow […]

Fireworks, football, fir trees and fresh snow fed into the festive atmosphere of the weekend that was jam-packed with wintery family fun. There were so many activities competing for time (and money) this weekend, where to start … Let’s talk a little bit about The Merc’s holiday play, which is a re-imaged version of the […]

For the past month, my life has been consumed with one of the most profound and difficult periods of life, the loss of my mother. A mother’s love runs through every tendril of her children’s life and the grief that descends on the body of the bereaved is exhausting. I’ve had little energy to muster […]

The great scare over election security after the 2020 election reminds me of another fear-based urban legend that gets thrown around this time of year — the fear of tainted Halloween candy. According to Joel Best, who was recently interviewed by Vox and the Atlantic as the foremost (and only) researcher on Halloween poisonings, this […]

This weekend marks the opening of the Twisp Civic Building. It’s a long time in the making to finally cut the ribbon and welcome the employees, elected officials, and citizens back into a community space where the work of civic life can flourish. Like all public construction projects, this endeavor had its challenges, its detractors […]

This is a follow up to last week’s piece regarding the Family Fun Day that was scheduled for Oct. 1 at the Mack Lloyd Park in Winthrop but did not take place. The event, which is organized by Okanogan Parent to Parent program through Okanogan Behavioral Health, seeks to engage families with children who have […]

Modern parenting includes self-education on a level that previous generations never likely imagined. In a time when less was truly more, baby boomer parents didn’t read blogs and articles about bullying, navigate gender identity, nor did they need to monitor handheld computers in the palms of tweeners. They had to deal with TV time, but […]