Twisp

The topic of parallel universes has gained a lot of attention in the entertainment industry lately. The multiverse concept usually gets portrayed as the idea that your life choices take you down different paths in separate universes where you live a different life while simultaneously living your current path. Then the paths cross, and you […]

Despite the threatening showers that moved in Saturday, the Twisp Art Walk enjoyed a good turnout. The rain didn’t deter free choice demonstrators who preceded the Art Walk wielding “Bans off our Bodies” or similar signs as they marched down Glover Street to advocate the continued protection of women’s choice in reaction to the recent […]

Our yard is blooming with dandelions. When the dandelions bloom, then I know it’s time to go morel hunting or wild asparagus picking. With so many acres burned in the Cedar Creek and Cub Creek fires last summer, I imagine the harvest pressure will be intense and indeed commercial pickers have been spotted. Foraging for […]

The recent billionaire buy-out of Twitter by Elon Musk has left a lot of people thinking, “wow, for $44 billion, what would you do?” That amount of money is so incomprehensible, so surreal and intangible, it’s as ethereal as the social media platform itself. According to a recent study, there are more than 700 billionaires […]

Wondering where the Twisp Valley Life column has been? We took an extended vacation and upon our return, my son contracted COVID, so I’ve been homebound, far removed from local ongoings. I wanted to report on the Earth Day concert at the Doran Ranch hosted by Methow Recycles, or the Farmers Market, or the American […]

Spring sports at Liberty Bell High School are in full swing with the early melt-off and extraordinary snow-moving efforts of the facility crew. But before we jump into spring, some winter accolades are in order. Congratulation to Aidan Sands, the US Junior Biathlon national champion in the U-15 division! The Liberty Bell eighth-grader has continued […]

Fourteen years ago, I was pregnant and house hunting. We wanted a place to welcome our new baby into the world. A home. We were fortunate. We had savings. In our 30s, both of us working, we had been living on a dime for over a decade, and with help from our family, we had […]

For some strange coincidence, two community-wide costume parties were planned for families on Saturday night. One, hosted by the Winthrop Rink, the other by the Twisp River Tap House. After two years of few options for social outings, the juxtaposition of two similar invitations for community fun was too overwhelming. Analysis paralysis, indecision and apathy […]