Category Archives: Nature

Prayers for Japan

  Carol Wright, the Executive Director of the Graham-Kapowsin Community Council has sent the following “Prayer for Japan.”  Her submission comes from her faith community’s prayer circle and was authored by a woman who lives in Pasco, not far from … Continue reading

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Nuclear Disaster in Japan triggers rising concern in WA

  As the situation continues to deteriorate in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex, health concerns are rising here in Washington state – especially in Mountain Country. According to the New York Times and other media outlets, the Fukushima facility has six … Continue reading

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Profile: Margaret Franich and the Mountain Community Co-op of Eatonville

   Nestled on an Eatonville side-street, just off the main thoroughfare of Washington Ave, sits a diminutive but charming icon of healthy living – the Mountain Community Co-op.

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Events in Japan, and at home, help push locals towards self-reliance

  By Judy Spiers At 4:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11th, my brother phoned me from his home on the Oregon coast.  “There’s been a huge earthquake in Japan and a tsunami traveling at 500 mph per hour is supposed … Continue reading

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The Mountain inspires Rainier Arts Festival

By Candace Brown    Mount Rainier arouses our fascination in the way certain women fascinate certain men, by combining irresistible beauty with a sense of potential danger.  Probably no other mountain has been painted, drawn, and photographed more than this icon … Continue reading

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Snow and Sun reveal the Mountain in its full glory

  The sun and clear skies that thawed-out the frozen slush on our roads Friday, also brought out the splendor of Mount Rainier.  About a foot of snow now graces the lower elevations of Mt. Rainier National Park, creating superb … Continue reading

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Record cold turns roads treacherous

  A record-setting cold has turned two day’s worth of snow and slush on our roadways into dangerous slabs of ice.   Olympia Airport recorded a record-low of 8 degrees at 6:54 am on Friday morning.  The previous low had been … Continue reading

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Mountain memories – a road trip with dad

The Day I Could Have Lost to “Busy” and “Soon” by Candace J. Brown on http://goodlifenw.blogspot.com   I hung up the phone after talking to Dad and thought about how much I’ve overused, believed in, and lived by the word … Continue reading

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Marmot madness on Mt. Rainier

      Originally posted on journalist Candace J. Brown’s Good Life Northwest blog, and published here with her kind permission.  http://goodlifenw.blogspot.com/2010/08/marmot-madness-videos-and-more.html   Marmot Madness– videos and more  While hiking on a rocky slope at Mount Rainier, a friend of mine enjoyed the … Continue reading

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A jewel of nature – the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

  The National Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, carved from a large part of the Nisqually River Delta on Puget Sound, has been transformed into a shimmering gem of a wildlife area due to the recent de-construction of the old agricultural dikes … Continue reading

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