The Good Life - December 2019

In this issue

Early one morning outside a bowling alley, this writer discovers that “compassion is compassion” • Sharing BBQ love with the world • 12 climbers, 12 stories • Old lookout becomes new place to stay overnight • Learning to drive an e-car • Funny money, and the question of what is a fake • The Athletic Life with Jason Walker • This new house just keeps getting better and better • Writer and blogger Lorna Rose-Hahn • PAC operations director Mike Locke • The hard to id Cooper’s Hawk • Why compassion is good for us • The doctor’s prescription: Some alone time • King Kennedy, showman extraordinaire

BBQing For The World To See

How I decided to share barbecue love on YouTube

3 mins

12 Climbers, A Dozen Stories

From gym rats to hard core, indoor climbing evokes elevated emotions

9 mins

A Room At The Top

Staying overnight at Entiat’s Steliko Lookout

4 mins

Learning To Drive, Version 3

The first time I learned to drive, I used a 1961 Dodge Polaris station wagon with pushbutton transmission.

5 mins

Funny Money, Falso, Fouree, Fake!

Monetary theory in four scenes

6 mins

The Athletic Life: Jason Walker

Jason Walker: A different kind of athlete in a different kind of bike sport of Cyclocross

5 mins

Getting New Home Just Right Doesn't End With Driving Of The Last Nail

As a loan officer for North Cascades Bank, Randi Burchett is familiar not only with the financial intricacies of homeownership but also with home construction.

5 mins

Learning To Be A Writer

It means, well, writing, writing and sometimes taking ‘no’ as an answer

3 mins

Opening Of Another Show: PAC Tech Keeps 'Em Coming

“’Yea! It’s the weekend!’ said no stagehand, ever.”

3 mins

The King: What A Showman

Wheat harvest was in full swing on the Waterville Plateau.

5 mins

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The Good Life Magazine Description:

The Good Life magazine is a monthly lifestyle print publication primarily circulating in Wenatchee and the Chelan and Douglas counties area of Washington founded upon the idea the world is a big, beautiful place — we like to find people who are stepping off the usual path in one way or another to find adventure in their lives.

One of our guidelines is that we only report on local people — folks from Chelan and Douglas counties. Our idea is this: other media can go all around the world and come back with stories on war, famine, earthquakes, crime and the like.

We go right down the street and find our neighbors who are doing something extraordinary that maybe, might inspire you to take your own adventure. The variety of our stories never ceases to surprise us: People have shared their adventures of going to some of the most inhospitable places on earth — such as north of the Arctic Circle — to the most hospitable — such as floating down the canals in the French countryside.

Most of our stories, though, take part locally, in the most beautiful area of Washington State, as readers and contributors find adventure close to home. We love the “chapter two” stories where people show us how they have rebounded one of life’s bruises to find new joy in living.