Chance meeting on cross-state bike ride finds a connection among the gnomes By CarolAnn Seaman RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is back! After a cancelation last year due to you-know-what, the famous and fabulously fun bike ride … Continue reading
By Dale Foreman In 2018 a packet of very old love letters arrived in Wenatchee. Written by a dozen people over 100 years, these shine a light on the ways and means to keep a family, and a nation, together … Continue reading
East Haven subdivision offers a new choice in a crowded marketplace By Susan Lagsdin Downsizing? Snowbirding? Investing? First-timing? Want a garden/tired of gardening? Got a dog? Heaps of sports gear? Single? Kids? Buyers in this year’s hot and hotter Wenatchee … Continue reading
(Editor’s note: Dan Gemeinhart is the author of five novels for young readers: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, Good Dog, Scar Island, Some Kind of Courage and The Honest Truth, which was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection. Dan … Continue reading
Putting it all together, this singer-songwriter finds clear direction after a career change and a move to Chelan By Susan Lagsdin Wylee Williams, a singer, guitarist and songwriter newly residing in Chelan, is fearless about full disclosure of his checkered … Continue reading
Owner Lindsey Martin: ‘I’m just a little hustler’ By Susan Lagsdin Lindsey Martin isn’t going to let this year’s ever-shifting pandemic standards of Levels 1, 2 or 3, dampen her creativity. Her Wenatchee studio, Dance Creations, adheres to safety rules … Continue reading
Please check all events to make sure none has canceled. NCW Blues Jam, Mondays, 7 – 10 p.m. Riverside Pub. 1 million cups, every first Wednesday of the month. 8 a.m. Entrepreneurs discover solutions and thrive when they collaborate over … Continue reading
By Susan Sampson The annals of American architecture picture such treasures as Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello that you can see on the back of a nickel, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water house that straddles a waterfall, and Queen Anne-style cottages trimmed … Continue reading
By Rod Molzahn North central Washington is a land of flowing water. Rivers, streams and creeks flow through and from every valley and have sustained the people in them for thousands of years. For all those years the rivers, streams … Continue reading
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.” — M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled By June Darling My husband, John, and I are still processing a car accident we had a few days … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. Diverticulosis of the colon is a relatively common condition. In fact one half of people over age 60 have this condition. In most of them it is without symptoms. This is a condition where small pea-sized … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon April and May are peak times to see Black-necked Stilt in central Washington. It is entirely possible that you will need to get in a car and drive to see these delicate, seasonal birds. I think that … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor I never knew chickens were so popular. Oh, I like to eat fried chicken and the eggs live hens produce, but beyond idly thinking that “someday” when I move to the farm in my dotage it … Continue reading
When pulling glass from the fiery furnace, ‘it’s like honey on a warm summer day’ by Marlene Farrell Stepping inside the Peshastin warehouse of Boulder Bend Glassworks, one senses how harnessing the power of heat yields such delicate beauty. Beyond … Continue reading
By Shannon Keller My husband and I have had a home in the Leavenworth area (off Icicle Road) for about 16 years and in September 2020 relocated just off Eagle Creek Road. I’ve been mesmerized by the beauty of our … Continue reading
Story and Photos By Alan Moen And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks… and good in everything. — William Shakespeare The COVID-19 pandemic, now raging worldwide for over a year, … Continue reading
Camping when it is not too hot, not too cold, not too wet, not too crowded, and usually not smoky. Story By Linda Reid Photos by Ken reid Camping? In April? We never would have ventured out so early when … Continue reading
Life’s a doll-icious time for Bobbie Tremblay By Sebastian Moraga From grief came inspiration. And from inspiration came wonder… and hundreds of treasured keepsakes and gifts. When her parents and her aunt died, seven and eight years ago respectively, Bobbie … Continue reading
Yes, say these cold water swimmers, there is joy in wading into 37-degree water By Susan Lagsdin In August, when a breeze sweeps across your favorite swimming beach, it’s a little shivery. In early spring, glacial runoff and blustery wind … Continue reading
Loving letters from long ago, part 2 By Dale Foreman In 2018 a packet of very old love letters arrived in Wenatchee, passed down to family members. Written by a dozen people over 100 years, these shine a light on … Continue reading
Contractor who stumbled during housing crash, now has an eye for taking the old and making it fresh Story by Susan Lagsdin Photos by Mike Irwin In this healthy building boom, it may be hard to remember how quickly and … Continue reading
Marlin Peterson makes art that jumps off the page — or wall or asphalt parking lot — while teaching others that yes, you can get paid to make art By Susan Lagsdin Is it an alien invasion, or just a … Continue reading
Taking the long run to be a published author By Susan Lagsdin Leavenworth writer Marlene Farrell needn’t go far from home to enjoy an enviable medley of work, art, recreation and family — not always symmetrically balanced but full and … Continue reading
By Gary Myers Like the swallows to Capistrano, if it’s the third Saturday in April, it’s time for the Chelan Earth Day Fair. Since 1989, the fair has been the community’s unofficial coming out party for Spring. Riverwalk Park traditionally … Continue reading
Please check all events to make sure none has canceled. 1 million cups, every first Wednesday of the month. 8 a.m. Entrepreneurs discover solutions and thrive when they collaborate over a million cups of coffee. Come join this supportive, dynamic … Continue reading
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By G. Wayne Hawks Hello! Long time no talk. How have you been? We’re pretty good this end. Like you, we’ve about had our fill of COVID! So, I wanted to chat a little with you about communication. As you … Continue reading
By Rod Molzahn In 1895, Ernst and Mary Wagner with all their belongings paddled a large raft from Orondo across the Columbia River and claimed a 320-acre homestead six miles below Entiat. They called it Wagnersburg. Three children came with … Continue reading
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. — Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer By June Darling In the driveway sits a 2016 Dynamax Isata 24-foot Diesel class C motorhome. We did not know we were looking for it … Continue reading
By Jim Brown, M.D. Since I retired many years ago, I have been very grateful I have Medicare. In addition, I have a USAA medical supplement that costs my wife and me $227.63 monthly and is taken out of our … Continue reading
By Bruce McCammon Hummingbirds are amazing. Everyone I know seems happy when they see one of these tiny birds hovering next to a fresh flower blossom. Their fast wing-beats and quick motions easily catch our eyes as we watch them … Continue reading
By Mike Cassidy Editor I’m a landowner — in truth, a pretty small acreage landowner in the bigger scheme of things — but there are times when strangers appear to be veering towards my holdings, and a part of me … Continue reading
