On the nightstand, reading for Spring 2012
I finished Rachel Maddow’s Drift last week. After reading this excellent book I found myself wishing she would abandon the Prison Channel (MSNBC) for full-time writing, or at least a show that could be devoted for a full hour (no commercials) to a topic that not only interests her, but matters a great deal to ...
YNP Good Friday 2012
Yellowstone in spring. In truth, June is spring in Yellowstone. April is still winter. And it is all beautiful and in our backyard. Today was a great day with friends Annette and Linnea. Wolves, coyotes, and bald eagles, too. But as I set up the spotting scope we lost them in the driving wet snow ...
The coast is not clear
I’ve yet to find a beach where dogs can run free. Dibs has been very patient. Judging by the condition of some beaches, dogs should run free and people should not. Can’t get steady Wi-Fi signal or even a steady XM radio signal on any roads in the state so far. Montana is a techno ...
Butte, America
I had forgotten about this photo from one of my Butte outings until I came across it on the Web today. I took this in 2010 on one of my many outings to Butte with camera. When film-maker and videographer Jon Jost asked if he could use it on his blog as part of an ...
Dibs the Athlete
Sunday afternoon at Mojo Park, Mayor’s Landing. A beautiful winter day with a beautiful and playful Dibs. Dibs has a new crazy ball, shaped so that it bounces in different directions; she got most of them on the bounce. Fun with effects. . .
Meet Dibyn, or Dibs
After much deliberation about adopting, checking out shelter Web sites across the state, and meeting many dogs, here she is—my new camping, walking, hiking, riding around companion. I don’t care for her given name, and spent some time last night thinking about names. I was looking at Welsh names, saw Dibyn, and then Dibs just ...
Thanksgiving past
Thanksgiving Day 2009. I miss them both.
“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.” — Joseph Wood Krutch
A murmuration of starlings, a video by Sophie Windsor Clive
“A chance encounter and shared moment with one of natures greatest and most fleeting phenomena.”
National Occupy Your Capitol Event: Helena, MT
The Helena Independent Record reported: About 125 individuals young and old from Helena, Missoula, Lincoln, Helmville, Victor, Livingston, Anaconda, Butte, Bozeman and elsewhere gathered. . .
