Huckleberry Country

Neither a Romantic Fantasy or Scary Nightmare

By Gabriel Cruden / June 27, 2025 /

By Robin Milligan Emily Flynn-Delay is an artist of vivid and intriguing portraits living in Rosalia, Wash. While she mostly works in acrylic and oil-based paints, she actually began at…

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Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

By Gabriel Cruden / March 1, 2025 /

By Bob Johnson As a savvy kid, I always knew when the latest edition of Reader’s Digest had arrived in the mail because Dad would come sashaying into the kitchen…

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Bird Watching on the Global Scale

By Gabriel Cruden / February 1, 2025 /

By J. Foster Fanning This article is also appears in the February 2025 edition of the North Columbia Monthly and has been adapted for the Huckleberry Press. All photos at right…

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Carving Out a Niche at Peaceful Pines

By Gabriel Cruden / January 1, 2025 /

Helping Community and Carving Out a Niche at Peaceful Pines Farm By Robin Milligan “When I first started chainsaw carving professionally, I was a production carver,” Alex Schulz said. “I…

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January’s Wolf Moon

By Huckleberry Press / January 22, 2024 /

The Arctic front that brought eastern Washington and north Idaho brutal cold with sub-zero temperatures and ferocious wind chills earlier this month swept away the mass of clouds that made our world gray.

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Oh Christmas Tree! (Oh Tannenbaum!)

By Huckleberry Press / December 12, 2023 /

When the Ghost of Christmas Past bestows memories from my childhood, I see that my happiest Christmas memories aren’t opening presents. My happiest memories are decorating the Christmas tree.

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Getting Creative in Newport, WA

By Huckleberry Press / November 24, 2023 /

Newport, Washington, on the eastern border of the state with Idaho, has seen its fair share of economic ebb and flow over the years and is getting creative about how to grow a more diversified and resilient economy.

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Kelley Hudson, Spokane artist on building an art career in 2023

By Huckleberry Press / August 4, 2023 /
Kelley Hudson

To make a single statement as an artist is to ignore exactly what art and creativity are all about. To be an artist is to be a person in love with their own, private evolution.

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Denny Carmen: Inspired By Art

By Huckleberry Press / June 13, 2023 /
Denny Carmen

After spending many years as a volunteer, Denny Carman had built up a reputation as someone who has significantly grown the local art community. Denny’s passion has always been to help children, the disabled, and veterans through an inclusive and supportive art program. Denny has since established the Chrysalis Gallery in Spokane which allows local artists to get their art out to the public free of charge and help grow their artwork simultaneously.

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How Fishing Rods Are Made

By Huckleberry Press / April 3, 2023 /
Joe Douglas

Have you wondered from time to time just how fishing rods are made today? The simple answer is pretty much like they were in the 1800s and 1900s, with the understanding that the technology used to design rod blanks, and the tools utilized by the maker have advanced considerably over the years.

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