Columns
The Human Traits of Magpies
The first time I encountered the mischievous antics of a black-billed magpie was during my first cross-country drive. I was setting up camp in Arches ...
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Ammi Midstokke’s “Advice for Anyone on Anything” Column
(Online at Outthereoutdoors.com) If you enjoy Ammi’s “Eatology” column in each issue of Out There, check out her new online-only “Advice for Anyone on Anything” ...
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Fire on the Mountain
When the Grateful Dead sang, “Fire on the Mountain,” they didn’t mean forest fires. Ten years later James Hansen delivered his global warming report to ...
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Spokane Valley’s Pioneer School Makes K-5 Learning an Adventure
During recess at Pioneer School this past May, a baby crow fell out of its nest. Betty Wolf’s 1st and 2nd grade students knew exactly ...
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Illinois Ave Urban Farm Stand: A Cultural History
We garden out of a love for heritage. My husband and I are archeologists. He grew up with Polish parents, going to a Polish church ...
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Advice for Anyone on Anything by Ammi Midstokke: Oops, I Forgot to Train for My Race
Ammi Midstokke is a nutritionist with an arguably-dangerous appetite for adventure. Her monthly “Eatology” nutrition column appears in each print edition of “Out There Outdoors” ...
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Mayhem and Madness on the Midnight Century Bike Ride
The Midnight Century (MC) is a legendary Spokane bike ride that begins, as one might expect, at the stroke of midnight at The Elk in ...
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Run Wild: The Right Way to Fall
I was out for a run on an early August morning—sun up, blue sky, birds singing, the whole deal—when about a mile from home I ...
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Ammi Midstokke: Stop Eating Rabbit Food
My favorite patients are the ones who come in with their hoity-toity food journals that say things like:“Lunch:mixed greens with a spray of olive oil, ...
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