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Photo: Peg Caliendo. Blue flax. Take a break from your hectic vacation, settle down and read the Summer 2025 edition of the High Prairian. *Hot* off the press, as they say. Download a PDF copy to read at your leisure … Continue reading
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Storing and Using Fresh Herbs • Loosely wrap herbs in a damp paper towel, then seal in a zip-top plastic bag filled with air. Refrigerate for up to five days. Check herbs daily, as some of them lose their flavor … Continue reading
Rebecca Bowes Like gaudy girls,the scarlet poppies flingtheir skirts in the air.Sweet peas twine green fingers throughfriendly fences,beckoning each passer-bywith a come-hither scent.The gardener,in floppy hat and flowered gloves,arrives with trellis and wireto put a stop to it all.Behind her,dandelions … Continue reading
Rebecca Sonniksen Photos: (l) Rebecca Sonniksen, (m-r) Gwen Berry Drive up Centerville Highway and you’ll see the sign, “Garden of Weedin,” lettered across a board dangling on the gate across from Doug Taylor’s property. The garden is gone, but the … Continue reading
Q. Didn’t I read something about Rush Skeletonweed just recently? A. Yes! Our good neighbor, Jim Day, raised the alarm in an email he sent out (via Barb Parrish) at the end of June. In case you missed it or … Continue reading
Terra McLeod FVRL is celebrating 75 years this year with a number of programs across the district. This summer, join the Passport Program and take the opportunity to visit other libraries, and a Bookmobile, in our library district and use … Continue reading
Ken Hansen Cheechako: someone who is not well-versed in Alaska’s culture or way of life and might not have a good understanding of how to survive a harsh winter. (Alaska Almanac) Native interpretation of Cheechako After almost 30 years living on Kodiak … Continue reading
James Riordon (NASA website author) and Gwen Berry I first read about ECCO2 and the Perpetual Ocean 2 video at the Good News Network website. It told about a mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents that has been compared to … Continue reading
Barbara Crooker That sprinkler is at it again,hissing and spitting its arcof silver, and the parchedlawn is tickled green. The airhums with the busy trafficof butterflies and bees,who navigate without lanemarkers, stop signs, directionalsignals. One of my friendssays we’re now … Continue reading
Maggie Smith I must have just missed a parade— horse droppings and hard candy in the road, miniature American flags staked into the grass, plastic chairs lining the curb down this two-lane highway, 36 in the open country, briefly Main … Continue reading
Sarah Hancock, Chief and Gwen Berryt Editor’s Note: This is the second part of the speech that Fire Chief Sarah Hancock didn’t get to give at the Firefighters Appreciation Dinner on March 29. An emergency call came in just as … Continue reading
Gwen Berry Have you been affected by denial, reduction in coverage, non-renewal, and/or significant increase in premiums for homeowners or renters insurance over the past 36 months? Please click on the link at the bottom to fill out a simple … Continue reading
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
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