Christmas in the American Alps
Whilst traveling home from Bellingham, I became enchanted by tales of Christmas in the Tirol (Tyrol) province of Austria while tuning in to “Travel with Rick Steves” …
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Post-Graduate Adventures in Job-Land
Guest post by Brian Stafki I was part of North Cascades Institute’s Graduate M.Ed. Program third cohort. I felt like I was part of the first, second and …
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An Upriver Life: The Skagit Beyond Highway 20
The North Cascades are full of secrets. One must have a specific intention to discover the scenic treasures of the peaks, and that intention is usually accompanied …
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Seeking Spirituality in the North Cascades
I watched quietly as each bend in the road revealed more of the steep, inaccessible wilderness that looms above Highway 20. It was my first couple of …
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Cold Showing
“Cold is the colour of crystal the snowlight That falls from the heavenly skies” — Annie Lennox, “Cold” The first successive days of sub-freezing temperatures have transformed …
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The Last Days in the Rain Shadow
The weight of a winter storm has whisked away the opportunity to further my exploration of the Methow Valley for another season. The fragile thread of concrete …
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Fisherman, Writer, Artist-in-Residence: Thankful
Ordinarily, the fourth Thursday of November isn’t a big deal for me. I am a fisherman – if you’ve enjoyed salmon at the Environmental Learning Center, it …
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Alighting the Entire Sky: Happy Thanksgiving!
Even After All this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights …
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A New Culture: The 2013 Henry M. Jackson Youth Leadership Conference
“Hey leaders?!” “Hey what!?!” It was that time of year again, when over 60 motivated teens and environmental professionals from throughout the Pacific Northwest converge on the …
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Poems from Sourdough Mountain Lookout
Guest post by Tim McNulty Longtime Institute writing instructor, naturalist and poet Tim McNulty will travel from his home on the Olympic Peninsula to Village Books in …
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