Monthly Archives: March 2012
Going Native
Jacie Jensen, dressed in a fleece hat and gardening gloves, looks up from her hoe to gaze at the view. She gestures to one field and says they planted blue rye there. Another field, she says, is full of yarrow. … Continue reading
Fishing With a Pink Fly
When Charlene Douglas was just two weeks old, her mother died of metastasized breast cancer. As a result, Charlene was elated when she heard a nonprofit that benefits breast cancer survivors needed to set up a program in Northern Idaho/Eastern … Continue reading
The Power of Yoga
Over twenty years ago, Erika Greenwell was working at the Moscow Food Co-op when she heard through her aerobics class about a woman who was offering a noon-time yoga class. She signed up. Erica was stressed out and needed a … Continue reading
A Resurgence in Wine Making
Even though the vines Mike Pearson and Melissa Sanborn purchased had only produced grapes for one chardonnay, the new land owners were undaunted as they cleared sumac, blackberry, poison oak, and cut each grape vine down to the root. The … Continue reading
Hobby Blooms Into Business
Jim Maxwell says he’s been gardening since he was a kid wandering around in his grandparents’ large garden, but he started taking it more seriously when he was out of work and wanted to expand a hobby garden to make … Continue reading
Following the Lewis and Clark Trail
In a photograph, John Fisher holds his .47-caliber air rifle. He’s sure it impressed the Indians. His gun is one of only four or five in the country and one of fifteen in the world. The original, he says, “is … Continue reading
We Have Liftoff
People think the man on the moon was made in Hollywood. I can vouch they are 100% wrong,” says John Myers, who worked for a company that made heat tiles for space shuttles for 32 years. He worked as an … Continue reading
The Heart of a Town
With its array of books, DVDs, Xbox games, and mural of local history, the Weippe Discovery Center, which houses both the public library and the visitor’s center, is a nexus of activity for the young and old. The Weippe library … Continue reading
Into the Woods
As a journeyman for Clearwater Power in 1974 and 1978, Tim Craig helped install power lines on Little Canyon road outside Peck. That was where he first spotted the property he later bought and established as his base for Boulder … Continue reading
Mapping the Hi-Line
Colorado writer David Mogen grew up in small towns along Montana’s Hi-Line, an area below the Canadian border and east of the Rockies, as his father moved the family from one rural town to the next. The book begins with … Continue reading