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Warning: Don’t let the warmer weather and spring flowers distract you from reading the latest High Prairian! Download the latest edition or read online. … Continue reading
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Broody Hen Chanticleer Sky Clouds Snow Oak Tree Shadows ^ Top … Continue reading
Cookie and Kate Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 55 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour 10 minutesYield: 4 bowls This cauliflower soup recipe is the best! Roasted cauliflower makes it taste amazing, and a little butter (instead of cream) makes it luxuriously … Continue reading
Terra McLeod FVRLibraries – 75 Years and Counting: Thank You! Did you know Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries is celebrating 75 years? Klickitat County joined the district in 1973, and ever since, the library has been a place where people connect … Continue reading
Reginald Gibbons In cold spring air the white wisp- visible breath of a blackbird singing— we don’t know to un- wrap these blind- folds we keep thinking we are seeing through ^ Top … Continue reading
Lita Colligan, invites her High Prairie friends and neighbors to a show of her pastels of the Columbia Gorge and Klickitat River area. The show, at TeaLyn’s in White Salmon, is open on Thursdays and Fridays from March 20 – … Continue reading
Peter Rowe All of these images were taken from High Prairie in view of the Community Center. Crab Nebula The Crab is a special nebula because it is the first recorded supernova (exploded star) observed by humans. In the year 1054 AD it was seen … Continue reading
Tom McMackin Welcome Spring! The process begins lusciously anew in the Columbia Gorge! Enjoy the ‘Greening of the Columbia Hills,’ the transition from the river at Lyle to the towers on Stacker Butte, for the next 6 weeks. Watch the … Continue reading
William Weiler It must be spring! The robins have returned and are settled in. Rain, no snow. Longer lit days, wildflowers galore …and the first rattlesnake somehow found its way in our home! It was safely delivered outside before our … Continue reading
James A. Pearson How can I love this springwhen it’s pulling methrough my life fasterthan any time before it?When five separate doomsare promised this decadeand here I am, just tryingto watch a bumblebee clingto its first purple flower.I cannot save … Continue reading
Abi Spring In these politically divisive times it can be hard to know what to talk about at a community get-together. Even in High Prairie attendees can range from hunters to vegans or even vegan hunters. (You know who you … Continue reading
Diane Cazalet EDITOR’S NOTE: Our High Prairie neighbor, Diane Cazalet, passed away on January 15, 2025. Diane wrote the following words, which eloquently express why the High Prairie community meant so much to her. It was originally published in May … Continue reading
Riley Jessamine Perry, 26 years old, passed away on December 29, 2024. She was born on September 10, 1998 in Tucson, Arizona to Anthony and Ilya Perry. The Perry Family moved to High Prairie in 2011 when Riley was 13 … Continue reading
E. E. Cummings when faces called flowers float out of the groundand breathing is wishing and wishing is having —but keeping is downward and doubting and never–it’s april (yes,april;my darling)it’s spring!yes the pretty birds frolic as spry as can flyyes … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This is the speech Fire Chief Sarah Hancock didn’t get to give at the Firefighters Appreciation Dinner on March 29, because an emergency call came in just as everyone was finishing dinner, and she and the other firefighters … Continue reading
Fogged in? How about a very clear distraction? The Autumn High Prairian is out now. Download the PDF of this edition or Read online … Continue reading
King Arthur Baking Company, contributed by Debbie McDonald Debbie’s comment: “This is a delicious way to use up excess summer zucchini. We found no frosting was required as these brownies are very rich and moist (with no hint of zucchini … Continue reading
Terra McLeod With winter on its way, it’s the perfect time to update your reading list and find new indoor activities for the whole family. Here are some new and trending reading suggestions–the library has something for everyone! FVRL … Continue reading
“Klickitat Canyon” 9×12” Pastel on Paper by Lita Colligan, local High Prairie artist. Other prairie art is exhibited on Lita’s Instagram account at Lita.Colligan Studio or you can contact her at Lita.Colligan@gmail.com. ^ Top … Continue reading
Tom McMackin High Prairie had a very fire-quiet 2024! The fire seasons for some communities near and far were, and continue to be, catastrophic. News and social media sources have daily stories of wildfires and evacuation orders. California and the … Continue reading
From Living Things by Anne Porter On a clear winter’s eveningThe crescent moon And the round squirrels’ nestIn the bare oak Are equal planets. ^ Top … Continue reading
Quite an Adventure for Enthusiasts Lori Sweeney Given the hot temperatures in India this past summer, I should not have been surprised that when I got out of the airport taxi at 3 am, my glasses fogged up in the heat. For 3 … Continue reading
Sarah Hancock, Fire Chief All Klickitat County Burn Bans have been rescinded as of October 23, 2024. Thankfully, High Prairie only experienced 2 wildfires this season: 1 caused by a lawnmower striking a rock and 1 caused by lightning. Both … Continue reading
Chris Sokol I fell in love with these showy yellow sunflowers after moving to our home in Stacker Butte. A key inspiration for learning all I could about Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittate) is from our local jewel of wildflower knowledge … Continue reading
THANK YOU! My heart was so warmed and happy with the wonderful remembrances many of you shared following Myrin Bentz’s Memorial at the Community Center. You patiently watched the original video of his memorial in Portland. Then so many of … Continue reading