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Caution to the New You
It’s that time of year. The time when we apply deprivation and restraint to our plates with the fervor of a dedicated monk. Because we ...
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Keeping Kids Active Outside All Winter Long
Everyone knows this essential truth: children enjoy playing outside. “A standard recommendation for well-child visits with my patients is the ‘9-5-3-2-1-zero’ guideline,” says Spokane-based pediatrician ...
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Mosaic Community Bike Shop Opens Downtown Spokane
This past summer, the Mosaic Community Bike Shop opened at 611 W. Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. According to manager Doug Porter, the shop picks ...
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The Velvet Foot
There aren’t many wild foods to collect in the dead of winter and virtually none that are fresh. The velvet foot, flammulina velutipes, is a ...
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How to Fail in a Satisfactory Manner While Skiing in Glacier National Park
Step One: Have success on a recent outing. In our case, Kevin and I had enjoyed delicious corn skiing on four ski descents the day ...
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Piste Off Liftie: Opening Day
The first couple of weeks of the season are a little tough, but man, opening day sometimes sucks worse than the Seahawks’ O-line. Yeah sure, ...
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Food: It’s Not That Complicated
Our attachment to attachment never ceases to baffle me. And the closest I ever got to being a Buddhist was the time I was overcome ...
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Help Count City Birds in the Middle of Winter
It’s All Part of the Spokane Christmas Bird Count Fun Sunday morning, December 27, will find 60 or so muffled, mittened, rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed folks ...
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Waterproof Kids: Gear to Keep Your Little Ones Playing Dry Outside All Winter Long
Long before we met each other, my husband and I were passionate about the outdoors and committed to adventurous recreation. Now, 10 years later and ...
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