The Good Life - December 2020

In this issue

Yes, a Yule tree you can eat • Rules of the roundabouts • Red Cross spirit of giving • Taking a spring break during the COVID fall • Entrepreneur follows her dreams by inventing sensory soaps • Short hikes on the very long PCT • Zooming in on an eagle nest • Designing people spaces • Art appraiser Jerry Goroski • Dance instructor and producer Melissa Miller-Port • A look at White-crowned Sparrows • Soar upwards through acts of kindness • Fighting chronic inflammation • A little lost doggie on Christmas

White-crowned sparrows appear here in wintertime

When you see a mature White-crowned Sparrow, there is little doubt about how it got its name.

2 mins

Edible Yule tree: Please eat the ornaments

Holidays bring visions of sugar in all forms, but I was bound and determined to figure out a way to cut the calories and still have fun.

3 mins

If you're in, you win:Rules of the roundabout

Western Avenue was the freeway of my youth — a straight, uninterrupted stretch of road one mile west of my hometown’s main drag.

3 mins

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING

For these volunteers, the Red Cross is a way to contribute to the community while finding their own healthy balance

5 mins

Spring break in the COVID fall

Travels with the grandson

4 mins

An artisan creating comforts for body and soul

As autumn days grow darker and colder, many of us pine for summer, just like Shawna Villalvazo.

3 mins

Short hikes on the long PCT

Other than some extreme sports, one of the most agreed-upon measures of athletic physical endurance is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.

1 min

ZOOMING IN ON EAGLES

‘Armed with a Nikon 5600 camera, plus two lenses — a wide-angle and a zoom — I was down at the eagle’s nest for hours at a time. Waiting for the eggs to hatch, watching the parents bring in food.’

4 mins

What's it worth?

The question is easy to ask, but for art appraiser Jerry goroski, the answer takes some work

4 mins

Fabulous feet: ‘We're just dancing for the love of dance right now'

Editor’s note: At our deadline, COVID-19 restrictions were reinstated and the studio is again temporarily closed.

3 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.