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Nita Paine

‘I love that we provide an outlet to people to express themselves, to find out who they are’

Looking at life from a different angle now

Bout with cancer, plus pandemic made couple wonder: Why wait to really live?

Keeping family ties strong

Twelve months of COVID makes for a long year away from kids and grandkids

It's a kick to be a zebra — or a canary

When making the call is your calling

Saved family letters tell of war horrors, peacetime hopes and dreams

Loving letters from long ago

Varied Thrush: Making a bold statement

Globally, the thrush family contains 169 viable species; three other thrush species are now extinct.

Clean shots

For real estate photographer, the art is in the uncluttered details

Visiting the glory years of our parents

Obituaries – They’re really NOT for the dead

Going deep with Dan Feil

Warm crystal clear water, incredible fish, spectacular scenery, why not jump off a boat in the tropics?

Bringing a glow to the night

Who says outside lights are just for Christmas time? Drivers on Maple Street in Wenatchee will now see lights year-round.

LONG-TIME COMING

Peshastin home is a promise fulfilled, and filled with promise

Welding a career, polishing a life

Bronze artist starts fresh in Wenatchee

One person's junk is Lynn Palmer's Scrap metal yard art

Lynn Palmer likes to work with her hands. Gardening, cooking and — welding.

Jim and Carolyn Phillips — Don't stop being active

Jim and Carolyn Phillips are local legends.

First time ‘in charge'

You would expect some lessons were to be learned on extended trailer trip

American Dipper: a swimming and singing songbird

If you walk along a mountain stream almost anywhere in the western United States, you may see a uniformly gray bird standing on a rock near a riffle or rapid in the middle of the river.

A DIABETES CALLED LADA

HER JOURNEY IN DISCOVERING A DISEASE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

Solitude & skiing

Even in the ‘empty nester’ years, it’s fun to strap on skis or snowshoes for a trek in the snowy wonderland

Upgrading by downsizing

Builder believes tiny homes have large variety of uses

Chocolatier follows her heart

A long and winding road to doing what she loves:

Taking an off-grid break during the pandemic

As the owners of Ravenous Catering located in Monitor, Valarie Gilmour and Dave Toal are usually very busy people, but in 2020 the lack of weddings and large gatherings gave them time to indulge their wanderlust.

Our stories continue: Filling a heart with joy

MY BEST DAY 2020

Joy for both dogs and humans in walking

PET TALES

It's the BEST Day because I live here & I live now

What makes the best day for me? Any day at all that I wake up in the USA.

Hair-raising resolutions for the New Year

New Year’s Eve traditions

Catching up with 4 artists and their creations

It’s always a pleasure talking with artists about their projects, but it’s especially nice to check in after a few years and hear about continuing growth and new directions.

Grandparents answer the School Bell

The pandemic has thrust some families together, with parents working from home and kids learning remotely, using a dining room or kitchen nook as a makeshift classroom.

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.’

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.

Spring break in the COVID fall

Travels with the grandson