Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy A growing stack of boxes, bins and bundles lines the broad hallway upstairs in the Rosvold Building on Wenatchee Avenue, and there’s a flurry of deep cleaning inside an almost-empty apartment #2. … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Sometimes a house is more than just a home. Chelan’s north shore development, The Lookout, also reminds us that a house can represent a philosophical construct, a sociological trend or an economic reality. Guy Evans is extremely … Continue reading
Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy Mike Mills was beaming, standing there in the light-filled living area. “Hey — just like we said. The 10:03 Amtrak just went by, and nobody heard it!” He’s not a train spotter … Continue reading
Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy Featured on the Chelan Tour of Homes this summer is a contemporary view house near the golf course that … Continue reading
Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy Greg Carter’s labor relations work puts him on the Seattle docks, so he’s intimately familiar with shipping containers. When builder … Continue reading
By Brad Brisbine The last Saturday in September, hiking partners Len Lamb, Josh Osburn, Larry and Jolene Campbell and I were on our way to an obscure, unnamed lake high in the White River Watershed (drains to Lake Wenatchee). Suddenly … Continue reading
By Marlene Farrell Boise is an eight-hour drive or two plane rides away, but going there once a month is worth it for Kevin Farrell of Wenatchee. Once there he lives and breathes ultimate (also known as ultimate Frisbee, however, … Continue reading
By Molly Steere I don’t remember the very first time I hiked Saddle Rock. What I do know is that I hiked it very soon after we moved to the Wenatchee area 12 years ago and it quickly became symbolic … Continue reading
By Vicki Olson Carr Bernice Holmes Bernatz worked for the United States Forest Service for 29 years. After she retired she looked around for an interesting and challenging hobby. Her first passion was horseback riding and she still owns a … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Megan Robinson was about to apply for a plum teaching job at Seattle’s University Child Development School, and she was determined to wow the interviewers. She asked her dad, Tom Robinson, to help her construct a science … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Being in the flow is an essential state of being for Wenatchee oil painter Niki Stewart. “When I have a preconceived concept in my mind, my ego gets in the way. It breaks the flow and makes … Continue reading
By Susan Weber Three years ago, my husband Dave and I looked across the desert into Egypt from Israel and hugged the border for miles as we drove through the Negev desert but we didn’t get to go there. Then … Continue reading
By Yvette Davis Imagine you’re an eye surgeon taking out a cataract. Your fingers are holding a sharp scalpel that’s about to slice through the patient’s cornea. Then without warning all the lights above you flicker and go out. What … Continue reading
By Devin Scroggins While spending New Year’s with my dad, Boyd, we were talking when he … Continue reading
Malaga bee rancher Maria Langer inspects one of her hives.
Andrew Campbell, who lives in Plain with his wife Becky and three growing and grown sons, has been following the tiny house movement for years, and now he has time and tools to jump right into it by building authentic but … Continue reading
A widow writes about dealing with being in charge now • Passage to Juneau: brothers finally arrive after 40 years • The ugly truth about mushrooms • Mommas night out in the mountains • Llamas are an aging hiker’s best … Continue reading
Rally around the trees at Nason Ridge • Checking out and checking off Spider Meadows • Painting rocks of hope • 5 reasons to SUP (stand up paddleboard) • Building a farm house in undiscovered Malaga • There’s a home … Continue reading
Swearing in to become an American • A grandpa’s summer adventure with a 6-year-old • Playing music on the mountains • Driving the iconic Route 66 • Bucket list trip to Angkor Wat • Expansive view home on an “impossible” … Continue reading
Artist couple from Peshastin tell why they are moving to Mexico • Eruption! Chartering a ‘copter to fly over hot lava in Hawaii • Smelling rustled roses • Counting songbirds at dawn • Summer fun ideas from Cary Ordway • … Continue reading
Favorite stories about dads, by readers • Taking an Honor Flight with veteran father • A cartoonist goes to Italy • A snake killer no more • Moms rafting on a raging river • Wenatchee classic home gets a new … Continue reading
Let’s go plogging (and pick up some trash) • A pretty day for a hike up Mount Sauer • The awesome Dry Falls • Why move? Why Idaho? • Spring time is fun time locally • Master Gardeners get their … Continue reading
Back country adventures in a Jeep • Jeeping the WABDR • The joys of mountain biking • Walking the El Camino De Santiago • Fun places to go from Cary Ordway • Motorcycle accident changed her life — for the … Continue reading
Visiting the “Galapagos of the North” — a sailing adventure • On top of Mount Aconcagua • Teacher quit kids to teach dogs • Starting from scratch in a new country • Up from the ashes, a new house in … Continue reading
Beautiful photos from a color blind bird photographer • The beauty and beasts of Zambia • Up a jungle river • Sailing the coast to Mexico • Russian grown, American sewing • Big house / little house • Why have … Continue reading
“My Best Day in 2017’ stories • Editor’s picks best photos of 2017 • Moab in 3 days • A century of horsemanship • Home fit together like an art piece • Winter fun around NCW • How to make … Continue reading
A son’s suicide: A call for better prevention • Reflecting on a family’s move to Costa Rica • How one family became debt free • A runner’s Ultra revenge • A change of plans in Europe • One grandmother and … Continue reading
20 years a medical guinea pig • Office Moms and Dads help foster kids • Reframing more than retiring • Hail Valhalla, a quick Sunday hike • Amazing Greenland • Climbing the Space Needle • An overlooked piece of WWII … Continue reading
Crazy ‘mericans do the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island • Photographer now has a clear eye on nature • Ric’s tree house built from found objects • Voyageur canoes return to the Columbia • Walking through a fire landscape … Continue reading
CONTEST! CONTEST! CONTEST Tell us a story about your best day in the past year, and perhaps win a $100 gift certificate to one of our fine advertisers. Did you climb a mountain, check off an item on your … Continue reading
By Brad Brisbine The last Saturday in September, hiking partners Len Lamb, Josh Osburn, Larry and Jolene Campbell and I were on our way to an obscure, unnamed lake high in the White River Watershed (drains to Lake Wenatchee). Suddenly … Continue reading
By Susan Weber Three years ago, my husband Dave and I looked across the desert into Egypt from Israel and hugged the border for miles as we drove through the Negev desert but we didn’t get to go there. Then … Continue reading
By Connie Morris It is an unusual love story. We met by happenstance. But first, we were divorced from our first spouses on the same day — Good Friday 1989. In those days, there was a column in the newspaper … Continue reading
By Marlene Farrell Boise is an eight-hour drive or two plane rides away, but going there once a month is worth it for Kevin Farrell of Wenatchee. Once there he lives and breathes ultimate (also known as ultimate Frisbee, however, … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Sometimes it’s instructive to look backward and outside our contemporary feast of lifestyle choices and media-driven chaos at a life well-lived in another time. What stays the same? How have we changed? What can we learn? Making … Continue reading
By Molly Steere I don’t remember the very first time I hiked Saddle Rock. What I do know is that I hiked it very soon after we moved to the Wenatchee area 12 years ago and it quickly became symbolic … Continue reading
By Pat Turner My fascination with up-in-the-air activities started in grade school. Every year I saved my allowance to spend on rides at the carnival when it came to town during Apple Blossom. The excitement of spinning, twisting and being … Continue reading
Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy A growing stack of boxes, bins and bundles lines the broad hallway upstairs in the Rosvold Building on Wenatchee Avenue, and there’s a flurry of deep cleaning inside an almost-empty apartment #2. … Continue reading
By Jennifer Burke “Let’s just go take a look,” said my husband, handing me a folded page from the Wenatchee World featuring a picture of a dog. “We don’t have to bring him home, but let’s just look.” I glanced … Continue reading
By Vicki Olson Carr Bernice Holmes Bernatz worked for the United States Forest Service for 29 years. After she retired she looked around for an interesting and challenging hobby. Her first passion was horseback riding and she still owns a … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Megan Robinson was about to apply for a plum teaching job at Seattle’s University Child Development School, and she was determined to wow the interviewers. She asked her dad, Tom Robinson, to help her construct a science … Continue reading
NCW BLUES JAM, every second and fourth Monday. 7 – 10 p.m. Riverside Pub. Homegrown Country Jam, every first and third Monday night, 7 to 10 p.m. Riverside Pub. Upper Valley Running Club, every Tuesday, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Check-in … Continue reading
By Rod Molzahn On Nov. 1, 1884 Deak Brown and Tom Owens walked into the Wenatchee Flat. Deak Brown later recalled, “I ran across Tom Owens down in Vancouver. Tom had some traps here in the Wenatchee Valley. So, together … Continue reading
By Jaana Hatton When most flowers have bloomed and faded, yellow rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) is just getting started. It brightens the landscape starting in the early fall. This late-bloomer in the sunflower family is both delightful and beneficial. Well, if … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. You might not have heard of sarcopenia, but if you are over 50, there is a good chance you have it or will develop this condition to some degree. Sarcopenia is the progressive loss of skeletal … Continue reading
By June Darling In September while walking the dock at Shilshole Marina in Seattle, I noticed a man with a hat and jacket on that read, “Gratitude Sailing” with a logo of a heart and a sail entwined. Under his … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon Often mistaken for a Blue Jay, the Steller’s Jay is a common bird in north central Washington. It is understandable that people mistake this bird for a Blue Jay since it is a Jay and it is … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor The year 2018 is drawing to a close — (can that possibly be true?) — so it’s time to ask you readers to share your stories about your personal best day(s) of this year. Did you … Continue reading
A widow writes about dealing with being in charge now • Passage to Juneau: brothers finally arrive after 40 years • The ugly truth about mushrooms • Mommas night out in the mountains • Llamas are an aging hiker’s best … Continue reading
By Brad Brisbine Lovely Meander Meadow sits at the top of the Little Wenatchee River Watershed. This meadow is of a more intimate scale than Spider Meadow, three valleys east, surrounded by a towering fortress with eight waterfalls. Two years … Continue reading
By Constance B. Bean Some years ago, at the age of 70, I wrote an article for The Good Life about finding love and romance a second time. A dear man, a widower named Jay Bean, stepped into my life. … Continue reading
by Andy Dappen In June of 1974, my mother drove my older brother, several friends and me to the banks of Horseshoe Bay just north of Vancouver, British Columbia. She smiled for us as we loaded our homemade canoes and … Continue reading
By Susan Sampson Every September and October I hear somebody rhapsodizing about the joys of foraging for wild mushrooms. The damp coast range hills of Washington state and Oregon and the Cascade foothills of the Pacific Northwest offer some of … Continue reading
story and photos by Sarah Shaffer There is something to be said about trekking high into the mountains to take in the sub-alpine country. It may be the heather flowers, the huckleberries, or the pine and dry dirt smell. It … Continue reading
story and photos BY BRAD BRISBINE Three years ago, sunning at spectacular Spade Lake peninsula camp, I announced to my hiking partners Len Lamb (since 1976), and Justin Weedman (since 2004), that this may be my last backpacking trip. Len … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Sometimes a house is more than just a home. Chelan’s north shore development, The Lookout, also reminds us that a house can represent a philosophical construct, a sociological trend or an economic reality. Guy Evans is extremely … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Being in the flow is an essential state of being for Wenatchee oil painter Niki Stewart. “When I have a preconceived concept in my mind, my ego gets in the way. It breaks the flow and makes … Continue reading
The Student Prince winds up its run at the Snowy Owl Theater the end of September. The Student Prince is the story of Karl Franz, crown Prince of Karlsberg, who, as he nears manhood, is sent to complete his education … Continue reading
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By Rod Molzahn On Nov. 1, 1884 Deak Brown and Tom Owens walked into the Wenatchee Flat. Deak Brown later recalled, “I ran across Tom Owens down in Vancouver. Tom had some traps here in the Wenatchee Valley. So, together … Continue reading
By Jaana Hatton When most flowers have bloomed and faded, yellow rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) is just getting started. It brightens the landscape starting in the early fall. This late-bloomer in the sunflower family is both delightful and beneficial. Well, if … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. You might not have heard of sarcopenia, but if you are over 50, there is a good chance you have it or will develop this condition to some degree. Sarcopenia is the progressive loss of skeletal … Continue reading
By June Darling In September while walking the dock at Shilshole Marina in Seattle, I noticed a man with a hat and jacket on that read, “Gratitude Sailing” with a logo of a heart and a sail entwined. Under his … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon Often mistaken for a Blue Jay, the Steller’s Jay is a common bird in north central Washington. It is understandable that people mistake this bird for a Blue Jay since it is a Jay and it is … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor The year 2018 is drawing to a close — (can that possibly be true?) — so it’s time to ask you readers to share your stories about your personal best day(s) of this year. Did you … Continue reading
