Alaskan legend describes the Northern Lights as torches carried by the dead as they move into the next life. A more scientific account says that the world’s oldest laser show is the result of solar particles that hurtle through space until they collide with Earth’s atmosphere, releasing a burst of radiation that we see as […] Read more

The 2004 American romantic drama The Notebook stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and was directed by Nick Cassavetes. It was turned into a screenplay by Jan Sardi and Jeremy Leven. The Notebook film was based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. It is set in the 1940s and tells […] Read more

Are visions of sugarplums dancing in your head? Then bring your family to Centennial Hall this Christmas season to experience the splendor of Tchaikovsky’s holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker”, featuring the talents of the Royal Dance Academy and the Symphony Orchestra. Be entertained by the magic and power of this classic holiday ballet for one night […] Read more

In ancient times, a king had his men place a boulder on a roadway. He then hid in the bushes, and watched to see if anyone would move the boulder out of the way. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers passed by and simply walked around it. Many people blamed the King for […] Read more

When she heard the sure proofs Ulysses now gave her, she fairly broke down. She flew weeping to his side, flung her arms about his neck, and kissed him. “Do not be angry with me Ulysses,” she cried, “you, who are the wisest of mankind. We have suffered, both of us. Heaven has denied us […] Read more

He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was […] Read more

The Olympic Peninsula boasts the only designated wilderness coastline in the nation, the only wild temperate rainforest in North America, a spectacular glaciated mountain range, and a rich Native American heritage! Hike through different ecosystems returning each night to lodges, b&b’s, and great cuisine. Spend a day on a Northwest Native American reservation learning about […] Read more

*What should we have for dinner?* This book is a long and fairly involved answer to this seemingly simple question. Along the way, it also tries to figure out how such a simple question could ever have gotten so complicated. As a culture we seem to have arrived at a place where whatever native wisdom […] Read more

Call it bad luck or some kind of dulled survival instinct but, doesn’t it always seem like the line you pick to stand in ends up taking the longest? It never fails. Things are moving along great, and then, right in front of you, someone starts writing out a check. And then, you have to […] Read more