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The Dogs Who Helped Me Love the Outdoors
Cover photo courtesy of Amy McCaffree Emerson was my first companion. An all-white Siberian husky—a dog breed I specifically chose for its high energy and ...
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Greenwashing My Gas Guzzler
Cover photo courtesy of Carol Corbin As I squirt WD-40 into my hitch-mounted bike rack for the n’th time, the ludicrousness of transporting a vehicle ...
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When a Bike Ride Cannot Cure What Ails You
When I met him, Mark was already a shipwreck surrendered to the rise and ebb of addiction and the depression that rules it. When the ...
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The Power of the Sublime in Nature
One essay I love to teach in my day job at Spokane Falls Community College is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature.” My love of the essay ...
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Living with a Wonky Ticker
Who remembers that feeling, when you were young(er), and all signs pointed to the likelihood of living forever? There was always a new challenge to ...
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Meeting the Spirit of a Race Director
When I think of race directing, I imagine someone hanging onto a cliff by their fingertips. If all goes well, they scramble up, carry on, ...
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I Have an Amazing Stoker
Back in my educator days, our leadership class headed up an annual, week-long project—Teacher Appreciation Week. One of those activities was to produce large posters ...
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How to Notice You’re Alive
We were about two miles into a gritty climb toward a remote lake in Montana. The older, faster kids had gotten carried away with a ...
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My Evolution as a Runner as Told in Race Shirts
Essay by Spokane runner Maeve Griffith about her 40-year collection of race event t-shirts and her personal evolution as a trans woman.
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