I don’t know about you, but when I was 16, if I had $3,500 dollars, I would be thinking about spending it on a new car. Not so with Tim Seery, a sophomore at C.M. Russell High School in Great Falls. An aspiring artist and volunteer at the C.M. Russell Museum, he decided to attend […]
Month: March 2009
David Letterman Gets Married
Our neighbor David Letterman announced on his late night talk show, his marriage to long time girlfriend Regina Lasko. Okay he isn’t really our neighbor but he does live somewhere along the Rocky Mountain Front in Choteau, which is only about 77 miles as the crow flies from Kalispell. There happens to be a huge […]
Leave It to Beaver
Many are familiar with the drawing; Young Girl or Old Hag. When one observes the picture, they see either the young girl or an old hag. Rarely is one able to simultaneously see both. Based on experience and perspective, each of us may choose to view the world differently than the next person. As a […]
Spring in Montana – It’s a Miracle
The robins returned in February, signaling that spring was right around the corner. In the meantime, it continued to snow on and off and just last week we had some nighttime temps in the single digits. I’d say we’ve been gradually thawing out for the last month and it has created the usual slush we […]
It’s Spring!
As Grandpa Davey once said, Montana knows the seasons better than a calendar. In Montana, the seasons change exactly when they are told. We’ve been having 40 degree temperatures all March, but today, the 20th , it is forecast to be 55 degrees. I would call that a good start to spring! For Montanans, […]
Butte, Montana, Ireland’s Fifth Province
Butte, the city built on a hill surrounded by mountains, rivers, and prairies began as a mining town in the late 19th century. At first only gold and silver were mined, then the advent of electricity created a demand for copper. Copper being abundant in the area helped to make Butte one of the […]
Cheapskates, Tightwads, and Thrifty
Ann VanDeventer and frugality bloggers like Mama Mallory are getting all the credit these days for being cheapskates. Not that I’ve ever considered myself a tightwad, but I would like a little credit for being thrifty. Before we were green, we called it recycling, and before that we called it not wasting. For years, I’ve […]
The Last Great Race on Earth
The “Last Great Race on Earth”, is in full swing and two Montanan’s are competing in the grueling 1,150 mile Iditarod. Rick Larson, a 48 year old veteran from Sand Coulee and Rob Loveman, a rookie from Seely Lake, are two of the 67 teams vying for the $610,000 prize. It’s going to be a […]
Explosion in Bozeman, Montana
According to the A.P., an explosion collapsed 3 buildings on Main St. in Bozeman, Montana this morning at around 8:15 a.m. A restaurant and bar were destroyed and two blocks had to be evacuated. It is unknown what caused the explosion or if there were any injuries. Bozeman is approximately 300 miles from Kalispell and […]
Movies, Blockbuster, and The Shining
by Marlene I love movies and I remember when cable networks like HBO and Spotlight aired movies 24 hours a day completely commercial free. Not only did I enjoy hours of watching new releases, but lots of other little gems were to be found in independent films and shorts. Cable movie networks played movies exclusively, […]