Notes From Heather: Summertime and the living is easy.
July 9, 2010 by Heather Caro
It’s summertime in the Yakima valley and with it comes that age-old conundrum: How to cram all that the valley has to offer into just a few short months.
Between bike rides at the greenway, barbeque with the fam, camping on the weekends, lounging in the hammock, and (finally) finishing that book that’s been gathering dust– my summer agenda is filling up pretty quickly. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Notes from Heather: Happy Little Trees
May 7, 2010 by Heather Caro
A soothing monotone breaks the stillness of my early morning with lilting phrases like “happy little trees” and “what the heck, let’s give him a little friend over here.” These familiar “Bob-isms” drift from the living room television where my husband and children sit mesmerized by the famous, bushy-haired host of public television’s Joy of Painting.
Some kids grow up with Big Bird – mine have Bob Ross.
Notes From Heather: Confessions of an Inconsistent Cook
March 5, 2010 by Heather Caro
Yakima Magazine writer Heather Caro shows off her culinary skills.
As it turns out, the way to a man’s heart is not always through his stomach. If this were the case, I would probably still be a single woman. Very, very single.
I’d like to think it’s not so much that I’m a bad cook, just easily distracted. There are just so many interesting things to do besides stirring cheese sauce — just about anything, really.
When I recently asked my husband what he thought about my cooking, he looked at me with wide, wary eyes — the same look he gives when asked if a pair of jeans makes me look fat — and responded, “Well, I don’t really care for your experiments.”
I didn’t question him directly, but my husband could have been referring to any number of my culinary “adventures” before he very sweetly took over dinner preparation.
Notes From Heather Jan/Feb
January 8, 2010 by Heather Caro
Photo by Cal Blethen
Aside from enjoying nearly 300 days of sunshine yearly, a bounty of fresh produce and stellar wines at our fingertips, one of the benefits of living in Yakima is its central location. From snowy mountain peaks to Pacific Ocean vistas, the bustling cityscapes of Seattle or Portland to rolling country farmland, residents of the Yakima valley enjoy easy access to some of the finest vacation destinations in the northwest.
Notes from Heather – Nov/Dec 2009
November 5, 2009 by Heather Caro
Coming home to the Yakima Valley was a decision my husband and I did not take lightly. But two years ago, after many late night discussions around the dining room table, we eventually agreed it was time to move back to the sleepy rural town where I had been raised.
After living in Bend, OR and Coeur d’ Alene, ID for many years we had grown accustomed to the easy, outdoorsy – if slightly granola-ey – lifestyles that characterize those towns, and we were hesitant to leave. But the lure of raising our children near family and the comfort of hometown values eventually won out. So, with much trepidation, we packed our bags and moved our little family back to the valley.
I’m so glad we did.