Twisp

Now that the crowds and smoke have lifted, it’s prime time for hiking in the mountains. The larches are just beginning to fade from green to chartreuse as they journey to their golden glory. The mountain blueberries are beginning to rust from green to deep red, and the berries are at their sweet peak. Lots […]

Fall sports competitions started last week at Liberty Bell High School with volleyball hosting Lake Roosevelt and football traveling over to Lummi Nation. Girls’ soccer will take on Omak on our home field this Thursday, the first home football game is this Friday, and cross country will be racing in Wenatchee on Saturday. Go Lions! […]

  One month ago, Dani Reynaud and Ray Sanders, together with their boys Marcel, 12, and Rainier, 10, left the Methow Valley for an experience of a lifetime — an overseas post in Ethiopia working at International Community School (ICS) in Addis Abba. Dani, who grew up in the Methow Valley, worked as the executive […]

August 2022 Brown skin fading Early nights are waiting. Verdant luster fades to muted green Fresh picked blueberries top the ice cream. One last chapter to finish the book One more summit to get take a look One more dip to cool off the day One last moment for frolic and play. Schedules resume Sunflowers […]

For years, the Methow Valley has been home to large number of summer cabins and a destination for family and reunions. To hundreds of families who visit here and spend quality summer vacation time at a family cabin or at weekend campouts, sharing in memories, traditions, and building bonds, this is a very special place. […]

In 1972 a group of wide eyed, like-minded young couples ditched their southern California lives for the freedom and adventure of starting their own intentional community founded on Christian values in the remote wilderness of the Twisp River on an old homestead up Poorman Creek. All the founding families, now spanning three generations, many who […]

The heat is on, and despite the many years of triple-digit summers and smoke, we have yet to invest in air conditioning for our home. We have therefore developed some survival skills. We manage in part because our home was designed to withstand the heat. It has next to zero solar gain, is a single-story […]

Saturday, a smoky haze rolled in. No one seemed to know where it came from. Alaska fires, fires at the boarder of Oregon and Washington, an apparent fire on U.S. Highway 97A between Chelan and Entiat? Even the smoke and weather forecasters seemed to be a bit befuddled by the haze. Thankfully, it cleared up […]

As the snow levels finally begin to recede (slightly) and warmer temperatures hold, higher elevation hiking trails are opening up. With the late summer arrival, many of the popular spots for day hikes are just becoming passable and the wildflowers are just now leaving the lower hills on their march upslope. The Twisp Lookout summit […]

I started my Independence Day with a jog and a podcast. This is not a significant way to start any particular day, nor was there anything of particular significance in this ritual. Ritual, however intimate or shared, grand or minute, can be like glue, holding individuals, groups and communities together. Daily rituals often remind us […]