The Columbian

Spoil someone you love with peachy granola

If you like peaches, pie and granola, then this breakfast is made for you.

My daughter is home for spring break and I’m having a ball spoiling her. She’s so much fun to buy things for because she has very specific tastes and I love the rush I get when I absolutely nail it, finding just the right thing to delight her. She’s also… Read story

A growing trend: Indoor plant stores are sprouting up around Clark County

A vintage television serves as a display case for cacti and succulents at Bright Indirect Light Social Club.

March 30, 2024, 6:12am Business

Forget about the red and blue waves of politics. A green wave is sweeping the country, bringing a proliferation of indoor plants to homes near you (or perhaps to your own home). What may have begun as a pandemic-era pastime seems to have bloomed into serious obsession, generating $16.2 billion… Read story

Whipped coconut cream is delicious and light with sweet fruit and toasted cashew crumble.

Healthy? Sort of. Delicious? These paleo parfaits are perfect once you get the trick of coconut cream

March 27, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

I have made many things over the past few years, but I’ve never attempted a dairy-free, gluten-free and (virtually) sugar-free dessert before, that’s for sure. I realize that many of my recipes exist outside of what could strictly be called “healthy,” and are far afield of any current food trends.… Read story

Kids rush toward the eggs at the start of the 28th Annual Easter Day Egg Hunt at Crown Park in Camas on April 21, 2019.

Egg-citing Easter events around Clark County offer food and fun

March 22, 2024, 6:00am Clark County Life

The Easter Bunny will be egg-stra busy this year, making appearances at Clark County’s many egg hunts. Bring your kids and grandkids to one of these egg-citing Easter events hosted by churches, local businesses, community organizations and city staff. Bring baskets for eggs and cellphones to capture egg-ceptionally memorable moments. Read story

Stories by Monika Spykerman

Columbian staff writer

Early morning drive-by shooting spree damages cars, churches in Clark County

Try this: Quiltfest Northwest, Asian Cultural Fair and ‘Bees! Gardening, Citizen Science and the Washington Bee Atlas’

Spoil someone you love with peachy granola

A growing trend: Indoor plant stores are sprouting up around Clark County

Try this: “Historic Photographers of Vancouver Barracks” and “Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts”

Healthy? Sort of. Delicious? These paleo parfaits are perfect once you get the trick of coconut cream

Egg-citing Easter events around Clark County offer food and fun

Quesa your troubles away: When I’m stressed, I still have to eat, and so does my husband

Try this: Paddy Hough Parade, St. Patrick’s Day shenanigans, ‘Next to Normal’

Patron Saint of Knives sharpens blades at his Vancouver workshop – and he’s looking for an apprentice