Michele Mathews

BEWARE if you're at my house and you leave your cellphone unattended!
For when you open it to look back at your photos you might be blessed with little gems like these ...

My little Shaylee, who is 10 years old, LOVES the "Warriors" cat book series.
Last year, her fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Downs, had the class write their own books, including illustrations. Take one guess what Shaylee wrote about. Yep ... you got it: "Warriors."

Our first family trip to Florida was a ball of fun and exhaustion all rolled into one.
Florida proved to be what everyone had warned us about -- very hot, very humid and very stormy.

Meet-and-greets at Watershed mean a lot of waiting around, so to pass the time at the Gorge last weekend, we started chatting with the employees of LiveNation.
They are the unsung heroes behind the scenes who keep everyone safe, help with medical issues, serve food and drinks, work the ticket box off…

Here are some of the sights I saw during the first weekend of the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre.
Don't worry, though: You haven't missed ALL the fun! Watershed's second weekend starts this Friday, three-day day passes and camping is still available for this we…

I haven't been camping since I was a little girl, so when my dear friend Kristina wanted to camp at the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre last weekend, she had to do some persuading.
She basically promised hot coffee every morning, taking a generator so that I could do my hair, …

The Morning Bull Pen spoke with the mastermind behind the Watershed Music Festival, Brian O'Connell, the other day.

I've gone to the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge a few times, but I've never camped there. That's all about to change this year, though.
I'm going camping for the first time!

Normally, when you tell people you're from Yakima, Washington, they have no clue what you're talking about. So when I introduce myself to country artists, I don't expect them to know our small town. Plus, they bounce around from town to town to town to town and I'm sure all the those towns start to …

One of the little perks of our job is getting the opportunity to meet various artists.
You learn that they are normal just like you, so it becomes normal for us to chat with them as if they are our friends.
But then there are the artists that we REALLY like.

The world of dating can be a crazy adventure, to say the least. And now that people can find potential dates online, it's only gotten crazier.

Strange citations -- driving in the left lane, giving a dog a beer in a park, urinating in public.
What strange or unusual citation have you received?