By Rollie Schmitten photos by Donna Cassidy Two old guys (ages 72 and 82) were discussing retirement and what to do with their spare time. Ski season had passed. They didn’t golf, fishing was closed, and both were worn out … 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 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
By Tim McCord Since I ride the Link bus system from Entiat to Wenatchee to work, I get to gaze out the window the whole way and usually spot a few herds of these beautiful creatures every day. The Bighorn … Continue reading
By Andy Dappen “Going to the Pass?” Snow sticks to the hitchhiker’s pile hat as he sticks his dripping beard through the car window. I want to tell him I didn’t pull over to pick him up; I pulled over … 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 Lagsdin Jane Walter Bousman — spurred by a pivotal transition a decade ago — has created a symmetrical two-part life for herself that’s personally and artistically satisfying, with just enough of a wide-open future to keep it interesting. … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin The venue was peaceful, with upholstered chairs in the sunny view window of a hillside home in Broadview, where 27-year-old voice artist and actor Mark Smeltzer is living, for a short time, with his parents. However, spending … 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 Phil Rasmussen It is probably fair to say that I am an Anglophile. I’ve read British history for years, and my wife Lovelyn and I have watched Downton Abbey and every British murder mystery on PBS… thoroughly amazed that … Continue reading
By Phil Rasmussen In September my wife Lovelyn and I took a do-it-ourselves road trip through England. We have driven in Europe before, but as we planned the trip, the thought of driving on the “wrong” side of the road … Continue reading
By Alan Moen Growing up here in the Pacific Northwest, I’m used to seeing volcanoes. In fact, I’ve climbed many of them — Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens, both before and … 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 different way to see Egypt • Wife gives husband the ‘Gift of Life’ • Beyond just tossing around the Frisbee • At 96, still living the life well lived • The seasons of Saddle Rock • Despite teenage accident, … 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
By Tim McCord Since I ride the Link bus system from Entiat to Wenatchee to work, I get to gaze out the window the whole way and usually spot a few herds of these beautiful creatures every day. The Bighorn … Continue reading
By Molly Steere The Wenatchee Valley is a hotbed of creativity and lair of literature. I don’t know if I should credit the beautiful scenery, the interesting characters, or an extensive, collective history of creating, but this area is teeming … Continue reading
By Phil Rasmussen It is probably fair to say that I am an Anglophile. I’ve read British history for years, and my wife Lovelyn and I have watched Downton Abbey and every British murder mystery on PBS… thoroughly amazed that … Continue reading
By Phil Rasmussen In September my wife Lovelyn and I took a do-it-ourselves road trip through England. We have driven in Europe before, but as we planned the trip, the thought of driving on the “wrong” side of the road … Continue reading
By Alan Moen Growing up here in the Pacific Northwest, I’m used to seeing volcanoes. In fact, I’ve climbed many of them — Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens, both before and … Continue reading
By Andy Dappen “Going to the Pass?” Snow sticks to the hitchhiker’s pile hat as he sticks his dripping beard through the car window. I want to tell him I didn’t pull over to pick him up; I pulled over … Continue reading
By Barbara Washburn Being a Bavarian native from Germany, I had never heard about the Bavarian town of Leavenworth, until I had a long layover while part of an airline crew. A crewmember suggested all of us cram into a … Continue reading
By Rollie Schmitten photos by Donna Cassidy Two old guys (ages 72 and 82) were discussing retirement and what to do with their spare time. Ski season had passed. They didn’t golf, fishing was closed, and both were worn out … Continue reading
Tim and Tiffany Van Rheenen of Wenatchee were walking their two-year-old Red Bone Coon Hound Archie on a brisk forenoon at the Wenatchee dog park. “We started bringing him here when he was six months old,” said Tiffany about the … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin Jane Walter Bousman — spurred by a pivotal transition a decade ago — has created a symmetrical two-part life for herself that’s personally and artistically satisfying, with just enough of a wide-open future to keep it interesting. … Continue reading
By Susan Lagsdin The venue was peaceful, with upholstered chairs in the sunny view window of a hillside home in Broadview, where 27-year-old voice artist and actor Mark Smeltzer is living, for a short time, with his parents. However, spending … 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
Since its inception in 2002, Saddlerock Evangelical Presbyterian Church has invited the community to an outdoor presentation of the Christmas story. The brainchild of Karen Hamilton and Pastor Emeritus Paul Pankey, the Living Nativity features goats, sheep, a herding dog … Continue reading
By Rod Molzahn The Deak and Lucy Brown family celebrated Christmas of 1907 at uncle George (Deak’s younger brother) and aunt Margarethe’s home in Monitor. Melvina Brown, named for her paternal grandmother, was the Brown’s sixth child and was 12 … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. I suspect most humans don’t spend much time thinking about their aging brains unless they feel somewhat forgetful at times. Speaking from my perspective as an aging senior, I am curious as to what is going … Continue reading
By June Darling Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — American author, Norman Cousins My father died in 2006. A few days after his service my mother and I were going through sympathy cards she had received. “Here’s one from … Continue reading
By Jaana Hatton Somebody truly had a lively imagination when they named this shrub Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor). It is a plant that thrives here in the high desert, preferably in gravely soil. It belongs to the rose family. Holodiscus means … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon As the leaves begin to fall and the mornings have that cool, crisp feel, the Juncos return. They come into our area a bit at a time and soon it seems that they are everywhere. Backyard feeders … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor I believe in work. “This family works, work never hurt anyone,” my grandmother told the teenage me one afternoon as I set sprawled in a rocking chair in the kitchen on a lazy Sunday. I tried … Continue reading
A different way to see Egypt • Wife gives husband the ‘Gift of Life’ • Beyond just tossing around the Frisbee • At 96, still living the life well lived • The seasons of Saddle Rock • Despite teenage accident, … 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
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By Rod Molzahn The Deak and Lucy Brown family celebrated Christmas of 1907 at uncle George (Deak’s younger brother) and aunt Margarethe’s home in Monitor. Melvina Brown, named for her paternal grandmother, was the Brown’s sixth child and was 12 … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. I suspect most humans don’t spend much time thinking about their aging brains unless they feel somewhat forgetful at times. Speaking from my perspective as an aging senior, I am curious as to what is going … Continue reading
By June Darling Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — American author, Norman Cousins My father died in 2006. A few days after his service my mother and I were going through sympathy cards she had received. “Here’s one from … Continue reading
By Jaana Hatton Somebody truly had a lively imagination when they named this shrub Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor). It is a plant that thrives here in the high desert, preferably in gravely soil. It belongs to the rose family. Holodiscus means … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon As the leaves begin to fall and the mornings have that cool, crisp feel, the Juncos return. They come into our area a bit at a time and soon it seems that they are everywhere. Backyard feeders … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor I believe in work. “This family works, work never hurt anyone,” my grandmother told the teenage me one afternoon as I set sprawled in a rocking chair in the kitchen on a lazy Sunday. I tried … Continue reading
