When I first walked into Sandbox Bookstore in Moses Lake in early August 2023, I immediately noticed the cozy, peaceful ambiance that exists within any of my favorite bookstores throughout the Pacific Northwest, along with a type of creative chaos that emerges whenever used and new books share shelving.Sandbox has that intentional, personalized curation, allowing […]
It’s time to get comfortable (and update your appliances) at Moore Furniture
You can’t put a price tag on service. But that’s exactly what they do every day at Moore Furniture in Ephrata. Today the store is mostly ran by the fourth and fifth generation, including brothers Mike and Kelly Moore, Kelly’s wife Janice, and Mike’s sons, Matt and Nick. It was Nick Moore who took some […]
Play…for fun!
Some of my favorite memories are of playing games. My mom taught me how to play cribbage on a ferry headed for Orcas Island when I was around 9. My friend and I were playing rummy on a train in Italy when we realized we had missed our stop and ended up…woe was us… in […]
Game Night
Game night is the best! They are perfect for all those long, cold nights ahead of us, and a great way to spend time with friends and family in a “together” sort of way, instead of an all-on-our-own-screens kind of way. They are also a great way of avoiding all those topics we are trying […]





