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Chasing Down a Total Solar Eclipse
Cover photo courtesy of Danielle Denham @thePDXphotographer By James P. Johnson On April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross the U.S. from Texas to ...
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The Tag-Along Kid
I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to ...
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Why the Weather
Cover photo courtesy of Karie Lee Knoke Have you ever wondered why we incessantly talk about the weather? Yes, climate change is a topic of ...
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A Case for Reading the Weather
Cover photo courtesy of Lisa Laughlin I didn’t recreate as a kid, per se, but I did spend a lot of time outside looking at ...
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Why I Love Spring Skiing
The day I sat down to write this article back in January, it was 30 below zero with the wind chill. So yeah, hell really ...
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“Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life” By William Finnegan
(Memoir, 2015) By T. Ghezzi The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir written by William Finnegan is more than just a book about surfing. Yes, he is the ...
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“The Vaster Wilds” By Lauren Groff
(Novel, 2023) In the recently discovered lands of the New Country, a girl makes her way through the untouched, unsettled wilderness of the northeast. She’s ...
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Learning about Cougars in Riverside State Park
It was a chilly, wet November morning when I met Bart George, lead wildlife biologist for the Kalispel Tribe, and his team to track a ...
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Why Books Make Your Life Better
Reading, and especially reading on paper, is so two-generations ago. Despite an uptick in our post-pandemic world book consumption, the trend of reading is a ...
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