Adventure on the edge of the wilderness
Now that fall has rolled around, darkness comes earlier and it’s time to enjoy glancing into windows once again. Glancing into windows on evening walks with David has always been a favorite pastime of mine. It’s like an invitation to a play where the curtain is drawn, the stage is lit, and the actors play […]
Lizard, lizard show me your blanket. Lizard, lizard show me your blanket. As a child watching green lizards crawl along a chain link fence, this little chant always brought the desired results – a bold display of a red pouch, or dewlap, on the lizard’s neck right beneath his chin (if what lizard’s […]
There were two hunters. Both were Montanans. They had gone hunting together in the woods. Soon they found themselves lost in the woods. “Shoot into the air so the rescuers can find us,” one said to the other. “Okay,” said the other, and shot into the air. After awhile, they were still lost and no […]
Every year we begin our home school schedule the day after Labor Day. Vocabulary is always part of the routine. When I read the headline “Rare Find Discovered Amid Town’s Old West Kitsch”, I knew what the “Word of the Day” would be. I wrote “kitsch” in red marker on the white board under the […]
My! The seasons come and go so quickly here. I’m beginning to feel a lot like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as I call to mind an afternoon last year much like this one, deliciously fall-like, when Eileen and I sat on the porch swing and typed out a Labor Day Poem. It’s a […]
A gentle rain was falling as I sat in a fragrant huckleberry patch picking from the mother lode of bushes. It was peaceful and quiet on Big Mountain and I passed the time as I always do picturing bear lips nibbling away at the berries and wondering what happens if humans pick too many. […]
President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill that created the National Parks Service “…to promote and regulate the use of the…national parks…which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such a manner and by such means as […]
Fair week is over and everyone is settling back into somewhat of a normal routine. However, last week was bustling as Mallory and Eileen put the finishing touches on their craft and photography projects for the annual Northwest Montana Fair. It was entry day and down to the wire when Mallory added colorful beads to […]
As Kalispell Center Mall is celebrating its 25th anniversary, it is interesting to note that it was ahead of its time. In 1986, it was one of the few malls in the country to be built with an attached hotel. When I first visited the Kalispell Center Mall in December of 2000, the […]
Sunday morning started out favorably as I woke up to find a blurry picture of myself on the front page of the Daily Interlake. We had attended the Mountain Man Rendezvous on Saturday in search of trapping and skinning demonstrations. None of those activities were to be found, but we did try our skills at […]
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