Early Season Snow at Mount Rainier
Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “Beauty will save the world.” We could try to dissect exactly what Dostoevsky, a deeply pious man, meant with such a maxim,
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Summer brings a whole new life to Seattle. Gone is the dreary drizzle of October through May and the sun finally shines on a backdrop
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Winter felt unceasing this year, which is remarkable since in January I didn’t want winter to end. But by March, snowshoeing and snowboarding lost their
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Winter is often the recipient of so much contempt. I used to despise winter: the sub-zero temperatures, the snow drifts as tall as me, and
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Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch. The sound of the snowshoes landing on feet of snow echoes through the empty forest. It’s serene and almost meditative in