During my week off I read “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation” by Joseph Ellis. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2001 and is available at the Ellensburg Public Library. It’s an excellent book, especially if your historical knowledge is limited to what you can remember from high school. What I found most [...]

Last week I began my new bike-ride-to-work regimen and wondered why I hadn’t started years ago. It was wonderful cycling to work on beautiful calm, clear mornings. It felt so good to fill my lungs with fresh air before getting sealed in the office for the rest of the day. “I don’t know why everyone [...]

The other day I was in the midst of a conversation and suddenly stumbled to a stall as my mind tried to remember the word for dying of thirst — the word equivalent of starvation. I couldn’t think of it and just kind of mumbled into a different topic. I was more than a little [...]

I’d been thinking about getting my mountain bike fixed and road ready for the past six years more or less. But I decided Aidan had finally outgrown the bike he’s had since age 3 and while at the Recycle shop in Ellensburg looking for a bike for him, I decided to finally take mine in. [...]

Although their idea was shot down by the Cle Elum City Council you have to admire the owners of Cook’s Family Restaurant for trying to get creative. Family style male strippers will not be appearing in Cle Elum. The concept does bring up some new ideas. How about family style bikini barista stands? They could [...]