How a native Spokane woodworker brought me closer to my hometown

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Courtesy of Nakashima Foundation for Peace

Spokane native George Nakashima in his New Hope, Pennsylvania, shop in the 1940s.

Most Spokane natives grow up going camping, hiking through local nature reserves and floating the Little Spokane River, but I didn’t step foot into Riverside State Park until I was almost 22.

I started to feel the itch of confinement by June 2020. I hadn’t been working, going to school or anywhere for that matter. I would pace around until inevitably deciding to lay back down and

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