Columns
To Booze or Not to Booze, That Is the Question
Six months ago, I decided to stop drinking alcohol for a year. Surprisingly, this was not inspired by a DUI, drunk dialing an ex-boyfriend, or ...
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Getting Cardio When the Air Quality is Bad
Those midsummer blood-red sunsets in Spokane carry bittersweet beauty — they’re usually a sign of high levels of fine smoke or dust particles. During those ...
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Bunchberries
Finding and picking fruit is instinctively rewarding, even intoxicating. Like foraging for mushrooms or hunting for Easter eggs, collecting berries triggers our ancient endorphin dropper, ...
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Race Day Expectations
In my last column, I wrote about my anxiety as I trained though injuries for my first 100-mile race at Bryce Canyon, Utah. Despite my ...
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Trip-Planning Strategies for the National Parks
A kid-friendly way to experience wilderness is by visiting a national park. Harley and Abby McAllister of Spokane Valley travel extensively to national parks with ...
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Sweat
Many people struggle to wrap their minds around the logistics of bike commuting to work — and it often boils down to dealing with sweat. ...
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Elk Creek Falls and Mill Pond, Colville National Forest
While it’s true that waterfall hikes are more spectacular in the full flow of early spring, their cooling properties can be better appreciated on a ...
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How Not to Climb a Mountain
Where were you on May 18, 1980? Longtime residents of the Inland Northwest remember that day that Mount St. Helens erupted, blowing 520 million tons ...
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View from the Stern: Exploring the Spokane River as the Riverkeeper’s Guest
It’s a temperate Saturday on Memorial Day weekend when we push the raft into the Spokane River at the put-in on Water Street in Peaceful ...
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