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Hiking with Soph: What’s in My Pack?

By Gabriel Cruden / August 29, 2025 /

  By Sophia Mattice-Aldous This is a list of what I keep on my person as a day hiker. Be sure to do your own research and reach out to…

The Art of Asking Helpful Questions

By Gabriel Cruden / August 29, 2025 /

  Have you ever wondered why knock-knock jokes work so well? Let’s be honest, most of them are not all that funny, and yet, we can’t resist them. When your…

The Big Hair

By Gabriel Cruden / August 29, 2025 /

  Washington state has become one of the world’s richest agricultural areas, producing vast acreages of wheat, lentils, soybeans, chickpeas, apples, potatoes, dry beans, onions, award-winning wines and frozen foods…

Cherishing My List of Lasts

By Gabriel Cruden / August 29, 2025 /

Remember when you were a kid and time seemed to go by so slowly? You felt like you were nine years old in the third grade forever. You were always…

Huckleberry Press – September 2025

By Gabriel Cruden / August 29, 2025 /

I’ll Be Happy When…

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Kerry Schafer Have you ever found yourself caught up in a vicious cycle of “I’ll be happy when…”? It goes like this: I’ll be happy when (and if) I…

Taste Budz Review: Clayton Burger

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Zack & Brooklyn Bolin, Facebook: Taste Budz, Instagram: tastebudz_spokane Breaking news! Clayton Burger is open again and in high demand. Zack and I stopped in and were greeted by…

Hit the Trail with Soph

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Sophia Mattice-Aldous While perusing a list of local hikes sent to me by a correspondent from the Washington Trails Association (WTA), I felt a skittering of exercise insecurity. Don’t…

Berries

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Ray Bilderback When I was 11 and 12 years old, I lived with my maternal grandparents on their little farm. On that farm, there was a respectable raspberry patch…

Why Gratitude Trumps Complaining

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Bob Johnson It had been a glorious late morning and early afternoon, even if the summer heat was beginning to take its toll. But we were prepared, having slathered…