Columns
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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Women on Wheels: Closing the Local Cycling Gender Gap One Bike Shop at a Time
Whether competing in races, riding for exercise and recreation, or using a bike for transportation, women have consistently been outnumbered by men. That has been ...
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When Things Fall Apart
Being readers more than TV watchers, after the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut this past month, we read the sickening details on our ...
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Piste Off Liftie: Summer Sucks
Editor’s Note: Piste Off Liftie is a new, tongue-in-cheek column exploring the fictional exploits of a quintessential dirt-bag ski lift operator. Enjoy! Man, I’m ...
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