Ginger Miso Pan Roasted Salmon
I used to be freaked out about cooking fish so for years I simply avoided doing it. If I ate fish, someone else prepared it. I finally faced my fear (that’s what we’re supposed to be doing, right?!). If I can do it, so can you. Don’t be intimidated to cook this salmon. It doesn’t take…
Last Mask Mandate Lifted
Oregon is lifting the last of its mask mandates more than three years after COVID-19 swept across the country. Though masking hasn’t been required in public settings for about a year, the state required health care settings to continue to enforce masking rules for both patients and workers. Oregon Health Authority is rescinding required masking…
Showing Women What They’re Capable of, with Mountain Biking
Central Oregon is big into mountain biking, and it’s never too late to get into it. Ladies AllRide camps make it an accessible sport for people identifying as women to get out on the trails. Inviting people of all skill levels, all skin colors, all LGBTQ+, non-binary, all ages 18+, all body types and all…
Horoscope Week of March 2, 2023
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean author and activist W. E. B. Dubois advised us to always be willing to give up what we are. Why? Because that’s how we transform into a deeper and stronger version of ourselves. I think you would benefit from using his strategy. My reading of the astrological omens tells me…
Letters to the Editor 03/02/2023
Guest Opinion: Hormone Replacement Therapy: Should I or Should I Not? The topic of menopause and how/if we treat associated symptoms varies greatly among practitioners. Hormone replacement therapy has gone in and out of favor over the years but remains the most effective treatment for the majority of symptoms experienced. There was a recent article…
New Boss, No Union
A group of about 300 medical professionals withdrew a petition to unionize at St. Charles Medical System on Feb. 23, eight months after filing for union representation. The Central Oregon Providers Network formed in June after St. Charles laid off or terminated 181 positions in the hospital system. The network sought representation from the American Federation…
Memorial Planned for Former Sheriff
Former Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles passed away at his home in Caldwell, Idaho, on Jan. 6 after a series of lung issues. He was 77. To honor his legacy, Stiles’ family is hosting a celebration on March 4 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. Stiles was born on Dec. 7, 1945, in Pensacola, Florida, and…
The Pun-icle of Humor
Jim Shores learned about puns in a high school language class when an instructor, explaining the concept, made a very lame joke — telling a student to “oh-pun the door.” Despite a botched introduction, Shores grew a fondness for puns. He appreciates that it takes a level of background information and analysis to get a…
Murderer of Two Bend Teens Sentenced to Life
Wesley Abel Brady, 41, pleaded guilty to the murder of 18-year-olds Angela Pastorino and Alfredo Hernandez at a settlement conference on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Brady is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Brady, Hernandez and Pastorino were doing home improvement projects for a homeowner on Mount Faith Place in Bend on…
In 2023, the Culture War is a Gender War
Every year, as we put out an annual Women’s Issue, we turn our attention toward perennial questions like, what is feminism today? Does it have a place anymore? Have women achieved the equality and parity in this 21st Century that was so sought after throughout the 20th? To be sure, some of the past issues…
Central Oregon Women’s Groups
The outdoors has always brought people together, but for women, the outdoors is also a way to foster a sense of empowerment. As we see more women in the outdoors, we continue to grow and inspire each other to break through our limits. Are you looking for an outdoor community where the bond is strong…
Women’s Issue 2023
Editor’s note: March 8 is International Women’s Day – a day intended to encourage women’s equality around the world. In fact, according to the IWD web page, International Women’s Day is also the biggest employee engagement event in the world! As part of the effort around IWD, it’s our pleasure to produce a Women’s Issue…
Bringing Sundance to Bend
Last week I didn’t know much about Little Richard and I knew even less about the Indigo Girls, so sitting down to watch documentaries about them back to back felt like a crash course in two very different but equally as iconic musical legends. In completely separate ways, both Little Richard and the Indigo Girls…
A Place to Gather
There’s no one else like Sierra Phillips. After growing up in Bend, she went to Boston for law school, became a practicing attorney, decided no thank you and opened up Bo’s Falafel Bar just down the street from where she lived as a kid in Old Bend. Watching her move swiftly around Bo’s is fascinating…
Expressing Femininity Without a Need to Define
For this Women’s Issue I wanted to take this space to touch on femininity in a fluid form for artists that aren’t always accepted in that constraint — or to put it another way, to touch on what it means to be a woman, or to feel like a woman, shouldn’t be constructed by gender.…
Awakening Your Inner Hero: What Is Your Purpose?
Is there a more important question? What the heck are we doing in our allotted time anyway…besides all the doing we’re usually doing? Does our doing have a greater purpose? Every one of us has or have had a few jobs. In each of these employment situations we were given a relatively specific purpose by…
Defying Cliché
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers shirk category, defy cliche and generally make music that sounds like nothing that’s come before. For fans of hillbilly heartache, 2017’s “Sidelong” came across equal parts barroom lament and pistol-whipping, while the sequel, “Years” (2018), maintained Shook’s now-signature tremolo with richer melodies and attitude hewn from North Carolina pine. The…
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Beer
It’s a bit wild to think — perhaps to admit —that the very idea of celebrating International Women’s Day with a commemorative beer could be in some way anathema to a global day of elevating women in the workforce (and beyond). But take it from the dozens of women in Central Oregon who are members…
To All My Single Ladies! Home Ownership is Within Your Grasp
To All My Single Ladies! Home Ownership is Within Your Grasp Calling all the single ladies! Did you know? Single women are the second-largest group of homebuyers, making up 18% of all buyers in 2021, according to the National Association of Realtors. Here are some things to consider for the single female homebuyer. Think about…
Pants and Power Throughout History
With eight years of research about how women’s fashions reflect the struggle for equality, Eileen Gose co-wrote a book on the topic, titled, “Reflecting Freedom: How Women’s Fashion Mirrored the Struggle for Women’s Rights,” with Kathy DeHerrera. Since the book release, Gose has been hosting presentations to share her findings, recognize the powerful women of…
Oregon Joins States Asking to Drop Restrictions on Abortion Pill
Last June the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal precedent protecting access to abortion. Thirteen states had trigger laws that immediately criminalized the procedure, and others have created more strict limits on when someone can get a procedure. Now, a federal court in Texas is set to rule…
Women for the Water
For over a decade, locals have had access to a host of experiences that have fallen under the moniker of World Muse. What started as an effort to engage and empower women and girls through student clubs later evolved into a conference, and now, a series of films, all aimed at fostering a spirit of…
