By Sally Gracie Down near the Twisp River lives an unhappy creature, more likely a mammal than a bird. Its cries, when I first heard them, made me believe it was in its death throes. But the cries continue, rather high-pitched squalls. I’ve listened to the sounds of coyotes, cougars and foxes (waterandwoods.net), and think […]
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Twisp: Jan. 22, 2014
By Sally Gracie At the end of Sunday’s Seahawks-49ers game, commentators and players alike credited the 12th Man — the fans — with the Seahawks’ amazing season. Twisp has no shortage of Seahawks fans. Roscoe Roseland and Hillary Ketcham have erected a huge lighted “Go Hawks” sign behind her mom’s house up on Bigelow Street. As you drive up […]
Twisp: Jan. 15, 2014
By Sally Gracie Why does the new year have to begin in January? If the new year began in the spring, say May 1, when the flowers do, we might find it easier to make resolutions and keep them. “Each day is a new beginning” is inscribed on the sunny pillow that I see first […]
Twisp: Jan. 8, 2014
By Sally Gracie TOPS Chapter 882 will hold an open house with door prizes — and lots of good information to help you lose weight — on Tuesday (Jan. 14) from 9 – 10 a.m. at the Methow Valley United Methodist Church. I’m certainly no poster child for TOPS success, but I have been a member off and on […]
Twisp: Jan. 1, 2014
By Sally Gracie We continue this week with some local readers’ favorite fiction reads in 2013. One of Jan Ford’s favorite writers is Seattle’s Ivan Doig. “His latest book, Sweet Thunder (2013), is the third one following the main character in The Whistling Season from 2007 (the second was Work Song, 2011) and I really […]
Twisp: Dec. 25, 2013
By Sally Gracie In case you haven’t heard, the word “selfie” — a self-portrait taken with a digital camera or smart phone and posted in the social media — was chosen by Oxford Dictionaries as “Word of the Year” for 2013. Soon after selfie was announced, the British newspaper The Guardian ran this headline: “Forget selfies, we want to […]
Twisp: Dec. 18, 2013
By Sally Gracie With less talented young actors, Little Women might have become a play that we felt obligated to see. Fortunately, The Merc Playhouse’s Ki Gottberg has coaxed and coached Lori Ludeman (Meg), Amelia Eberline (Jo), Gretta Eberline (Amy) and Cecelia Odell (Beth) to inhabit their roles, to become the four sisters we loved […]
Twisp: Dec. 11, 2013
By Sally Gracie A late flight from Omaha led to my missed connection in Denver; hence, Southwest Airlines arranged a detour and an eight-hour layover in Boise. I was lucky — or so the airline representative told me — to get out of Denver when I did on Tuesday. The drive home from Spokane on […]
Twisp: Dec. 4, 2013
By Sally Gracie I came to Lincoln, Neb., to visit David and Kate for Thanksgiving, and before even checking out the building boom taking place near the Haymarket, or shopping for Thursday’s feast, I insisted that we go to the Grand Theater to see the just-released film Nebraska. Both Alexander Payne, the director, and screenwriter […]
Twisp: Nov. 20, 2013
By Sally Gracie On my way back from town today, I noticed the young couple next door out in their front yard raking leaves. “How sweet,” I thought, reminiscing about Sunday afternoons in Sudbrook Park spent moving piles of crisp, fragrant, brown oak leaves into the street for burning. As I walked over to say […]
