COVER STORY WRITTEN BY RICHARD SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER
ON THE COVER: Singer-songwriter Jim Boyd is making music that reflects his Native-American heritage while ranging through universal topics such as love and loss. When he's not on the road or reservation, he's at his home in Spokane.

PLANT LIFE In The Garden, Let Go The patriarch of English horticulture signs off on a wild and wonderful approach to gardens. ON FITNESS Running With Heart Mark Wagner got a second chance at life and he pays it forward. NOW & THEN Downhill From Here

TASTE Meal In A Half-Moon Bahn Xeo is a not a crepe or a dumpling or an omelet. NORTHWEST LIVING Now Presiding This new-old farmhouse stands its ground over Green Lake.