Why to write your life story now • Exploring Ross Lake • Should they retire in Florida? • One formal local couple who caught ‘Florida Fever’ • Taking a dirt bike class • Walking the Peshastin Pinnacles • Cruising through … Continue reading
By Marc Dilley Northeast of Glacier Peak — Washington’s wilderness volcano — is the east-west trending Miners Ridge. If a crow were to fly northeast for eight miles from the 10,541 foot summit of Glacier, the ground beneath it would … Continue reading
By Judy Weaver Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all. Imagine if you could ask your mother, grandmother, father, or grandfather any question or questions. What would you want to know about their memories, their dreams, or their lives? … Continue reading
Story and Photos By WILMER PEREZ “Cougar Island? Where is that?” asked Fernando, on the phone from Vancouver, British Columbia. “It is in Ross Lake,” I answered from Wenatchee, Washington. “We’ll meet you at Colonial Creek Campground, which is in … Continue reading
By Kalin Raible In December, my wife and I decided to check out Florida. The reasons for the trip were many but key components were… • Find someplace warmer than Wenatchee, where the sun is shining in winter, for our retirement years. … Continue reading
By Larry Cramer After nearly 20 years of talking about it and dreaming of it, we finally did it. We moved to Florida! First a little backstory, it was late October 2001, I was scheduled to speak at an Adobe … Continue reading
By Molly Steere A few years ago, I unofficially quit dirt biking. Quit is probably too strong of a word as, at most, I only rode a few times a year. My abilities remained so underwhelming that my son handily … Continue reading
By Diana Rigelman When Spring finds Wenatchee, I’m lured out of the house to find secrets of the Wenatchee Valley. Most everything is a secret to me because I haven’t lived here very long. Trails, restaurants, art, music — where … Continue reading
Editor’s note: In the March 2018 issue, Sharon Podlich wrote about how she and her husband, Chuck, retired from growing apples in Orondo, and bought a 44-foot sailboat they named Top Cider, and went on a sailing adventure off of … Continue reading
Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy Garn Christensen likes to say, “I’m just an educated redneck.” The educated part we know about — he’s a Washington State University professor and has been superintendent of Eastmont Schools for 12 … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Theatre prop master and producer Jill Sheets isn’t worried yet, but she does have a problem. “I need a realistic newspaper like this on top of the stack every night, and I don’t want it to get … Continue reading
It’s a question of who walks who. In this situation, Raymond Diaz, Malaga, said that his dog Ginger, “runs around my bed each morning barking to get me up to go for a walk.” Ginger is a 6-year-old Wheaton Terrier … Continue reading
Rocky Reach Hydro Project, now through 11/1, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Museum, café, balconies that offer panoramic views to the dam and grounds, juvenile fish bypass system. A 90-seat theater shows movies and ample parking for recreational vehicles and … Continue reading
By Marlene Farrell They call her Dr. Fu. Every summer for the past 15 years, Amy Carlson dons this new identity to lead her summer book camps in Leavenworth. New names help launch Dr. Fu and the campers on adventures … Continue reading
By Keith Kellogg I’m a dog lover. I have three in my house. At times they drive me crazy, but overall they bring me great comfort. Often times I prefer dogs over people. Now don’t get me wrong, some of … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon Ahhh, May. May is a peak month for birding in Washington. We’ve watched the snow melt away, the roads dry, and the temperatures warm. May is a great time to get out and explore the openness of … Continue reading
By Rod Molzahn Most of the early settlers, 1880s and 1890s, who came to the Wenatchee Valley had other destinations in mind when they set out on their journey west. A.B. Brender was no exception. He claimed and developed homesteads … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. How often have you heard someone say their gut told them not to do something or on the other hand told them to do something? I have heard people say for some decisions, they listen to … Continue reading
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. — Epicurus By June Darling This Mothers’ Day, for the first time, I will have no living mother. Though I get it, none of us gets out … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor I was in a waiting room — in an age before iPhones and the games you can play on them — when looking around for something to occupy the next few minutes I spotted a magazine … Continue reading
The rite of passage into retirement sometimes involves work • Sky photography with drones • The lady who seizes the day • National tennis champs… well, sort of • New Mexico in the winter • Local spring travel tips from … Continue reading
By Linda Reid Retirement can be a dream we anticipate much of our working lives but then, suddenly, it happens to you and there are challenges that you just didn’t expect. My husband, Ken, and I started that transition into … Continue reading
Story and photos By Ron Medeiros I have always been interested in photography but had never taken the time to take pictures or even learn anything about it. Then, two years ago, I met up with a few friends who … Continue reading
By Jaana Hatton Gloria Coburn came along for a snowshoe hike on Mission Ridge with Carolyn Dowell and me in late January. It was a cold day with a few cautionary snowflakes in the air, and the gray skies were … Continue reading
Story and photos by Susan Weber I’m guessing here but I’d say if you are reading this it is because you like to hear about local life, and people you may know or want to know. You like to hear … Continue reading
By Alan Moen New Mexico is hardly new, nor is it Mexico. Instead, this fifth-largest state of the Union in physical size has a remote and timeless beauty, a character all its own. When my wife, Susan, and I decided … Continue reading
ALEK RINI: Builder, remodeler and a proud flipper Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Donna Cassidy “When you’re building new houses in a development, there’s a pretty similar process. But on a remodel, every single house I work … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin “You don’t need a weatherman To know which way the wind blows…” — Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues Nor, frankly, do most of us really need a weathervane on the rooftop. Step outside, watch the trees, check … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin When Jameson Varpness first saw Wenatchee almost four years ago, just 26, just out of grad school in Nebraska and grateful for a first job in his area of expertise, he was stunned. “Nobody had told me … Continue reading
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Home made from shipping containers
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By Keith Kellogg I’m a dog lover. I have three in my house. At times they drive me crazy, but overall they bring me great comfort. Often times I prefer dogs over people. Now don’t get me wrong, some of … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon Ahhh, May. May is a peak month for birding in Washington. We’ve watched the snow melt away, the roads dry, and the temperatures warm. May is a great time to get out and explore the openness of … Continue reading
By Rod Molzahn Most of the early settlers, 1880s and 1890s, who came to the Wenatchee Valley had other destinations in mind when they set out on their journey west. A.B. Brender was no exception. He claimed and developed homesteads … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. How often have you heard someone say their gut told them not to do something or on the other hand told them to do something? I have heard people say for some decisions, they listen to … Continue reading
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. — Epicurus By June Darling This Mothers’ Day, for the first time, I will have no living mother. Though I get it, none of us gets out … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor I was in a waiting room — in an age before iPhones and the games you can play on them — when looking around for something to occupy the next few minutes I spotted a magazine … Continue reading
