Columns
Foodphobia: Why Your Friends Don’t Cook for You
People generally want to be good and generous. I know this truth because when they invite me over, they say kind things like, “Is there ...
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Ballhead Waterleaf
Some plants ‘speak’ louder than others, standing out in an eye-catching way. The first time we walked into a patch of flowering camas, I said ...
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Summertime Rolls: Have Way Too Much Fun Riding to a Community Festival
Why do children always seem to be smiling on their bikes? Maybe it’s because they haven’t forgotten how much fun it is, and they know ...
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Fresh Air Parenting
Fresh-Air Parenting, coined by outdoor writer Katie Arnold in a May 2015 “Outside Magazine” article, asserts that “Letting [children] embrace freedom involves a fair amount ...
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Time to Close the Gap
Look no further than Spokane streets, bike shops and riding clubs for evidence of the massive gender imbalance across the nation in bicycling. Why don’t ...
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Bears Ears or Bust
Getting lost on the way to the trailhead was the first sign that this wasn’t going to be your typical Utah spring break backpacking trip. ...
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Kootenai Falls
The Pacific Northwest has been setting precipitation records since last October, leaving normally dry trails muddy and damaged by erosion. Avoid those trails, and seek ...
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The Ever Changing Radius
At age 18, to impress a girl on the track team, I went for my first run. Dressed in a ratty pair of gym shorts ...
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The State of the Spokane River
You never step in the same river twice, goes the ancient saying. True enough. The Spokane River is an ever fluctuating, complex system that changes ...
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