Cycling Nepal: Face-to-Face With a Cobra
by Frosty Wooldridge | July 20, 2026 | Feature Stories | 0 Comments
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again. —Thomas Paine Mount Everest rises 29,035 feet into...
Hats Off
by Stephen Knapp | July 20, 2026 | Feature Stories | 0 Comments
Without hats, there is no civilization. —Christian Dior When alpine hikers discovered the frozen body of a 5,300-year-old murder victim high in the Austrian Alps in 1991, scientists were ecstatic. There, melting out of an ice-blue glacier, was the world’s oldest hat....
Reflections on Linda Kirkpatrick
by Cindy Lempke | June 16, 2026 | Feature Stories | 0 Comments
Cindy Lempke and Linda Kirkpatrick A few weeks ago, family, friends and community members gathered at Center for the Arts Evergreen to pay tribute to Linda Kirkpatrick and the extraordinary impact of her life. After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, Linda invited...