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Home Hill
We tend to think of our home ski hills in terms of specific days: the late-winter day it dumped an unforecast 14 inches; the day ...
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Navigation Trail #291, Upper Priest Lake
I have heard that Priest Lake is a nice place to visit in the summer, but I wouldn’t know because I always save my trips ...
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Fairy Clubs
Gnomes and fairies live near mushrooms. If you want to find the little people, patches of fairy clubs are your first stop. An essential part ...
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Alive
Autumn in the mountains means nature is restless and an endless summer can easily end on a moment’s notice with a snow storm ushering in ...
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Backyard Birding: Create Your Own Oasis for Native Birds
One year I participated in the Christmas Bird Count with members of the Spokane Audubon Society. As we prowled our beat, my teammates headed for ...
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Is [Insert Random Food] Bad for Me?
Yes. Totally. That random food that you think is the sole culprit for your particular condition (tight jeans, dribbling nose, fatigue, divorce) is absolutely, unequivocally, ...
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Bike Commuting in Cooler Weather
Daylight hours are growing shorter and our toasty summer is winding down. We might even get some rain. But you don’t have to stop riding ...
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Biomimicry: Learning from Nature for a Better Future
Janine Benyus wanted to capture how processes in the natural world had inspired sustainable solutions to complicated design challenges, so she authored the book Biomimicry: ...
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Harold Balazs and The Art of Nature
Harold Balazs has worked in Spokane for 70 years, creating whimsical, intriguing, and often confounding works of art. They range from large-scale public displays to ...
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