My vegetable garden did miserably this year; so did my apple trees. If I was a pioneer and had to live off of the fruits of my labor, my family would starve this winter. I’m not sure what happened. I tried some different veggies this year, broccoli and cauliflower. You would think with broccoli and cauliflower […]
Month: September 2010
Proceed With Caution at Malfunction Junction
It was the same old ocean-like waves in the road heading up to the Jewel Basin. The rough and bumpy ride up the gravel road made the seven miles to Camp Misery seem quite long. It was beautiful weather, so it was a no-brainer that the trailhead parking lot was full. We found a spot, grabbed our packs, and headed off […]
A Poem Lovely As a Tree
My camera came with me on my walk this morning. It’s the first full day of fall and I wanted to capture some of the brilliant color that is beginning to show. Bright reds It appears the fall colors will be beautiful this year and I’m happy for that. I felt jipped last year when the […]
Great Looks for Fall
It’s barely fall up here in the frozen north, but there is a nip in the air and winter is just around the corner. It’s the time of year we start thinking about another pair of winter boots or another style of hat. The leaves are beginning to turn and sidewalks are scattered with shades […]
I’d Like Mornings Better If They Started Later
In today’s post I thought I’d share one thing about Montana I’m not so fond of. Usually, I go on about what fun I have and how much I love this place. Today will be a change of pace. Some articles in this blog or on the website describe the change of seasons and how much I […]
Glacier is in My Blood
In my article “100 years of Grandeur”, I refer to Mary Roberts Rinehart and her eloquent expressions of Glacier National Park. She said, “There is no voice in all of the world so insistent to me as the wordless call of these mountains. I shall go back. Those who go once always hope to go back. […]
Hurricane Betsy and Me
Before Katrina, there was Hurricane Betsy. After doing her famous loop to loop, off of Florida in the Atlantic, she headed into the Gulf of Mexico. She then slammed into the Louisiana coast at Grand Isle. Wind gusts of 160 miles per hour were clocked at Grand Isle’s Coast Guard station. Almost every building in the resort […]
Facts About Pennies
Last week, a Twitter follower said that he had found a 1948 wheat penny in his pocket. My daughter asked me what a wheat penny was, so we headed to my wallet to look for some. I thumbed through the coin section of my wallet, looking through the quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. I didn’t […]
Labor Day Poem
This is one of those perfect Montana days, late in summer when warm sunshine lifts our soul as the spirit of autumn surrounds us. Shorter days and cooler nights, Soon the lovely birds take flight. One last picnic to end it all. Before you know it, It will be fall. Green and heat, Mosquitoes and Deet, […]