71st Annual Folk Festival

Last July I reported how much my family and I enjoyed the 70th Annual Folk Festival, held in Butte, MT. Last year, being my introductory experience with this event, I had low expectations that were far surpassed by the wonderful entertainers. I commented on some areas in which I thought improvements could be made […]

111th Annual Arlee Celebration

On Independence Day, I, once again, enjoyed the pleasure and privilege of attending the Annual Arlee Celebration as a spectator/visitor.

I enjoy everything about the powwow — the drums, the singing, the dancing, the regalia, the ceremony, the culture, the tradition… I also appreciate the honor and respect paid to Veteran’s on Independence Day […]

Serenity

I went for a drive up Elk Meadows Road to take in sunset at Lily lake tonight. It was a great evening trip. There is an awesome crop of beargrass growing about halfway up the mountain. The beargrass up higher is still in tight buds at the lake while the early spring bloomers — […]

Bozeman demands Internet passwords of job applicants

Bozeman demands Internet passwords By MATT GOURAS Associated Press

HELENA – Job applicants with the city of Bozeman are finding that those private Internet discussions and pictures may not be so private after all.

The city is asking job seekers for the user names – and passwords – to Internet social networking or Web […]

“the quawmash is now in blume”

“the quawmash is now in blume and from the colour of its bloom at a short distance it resembles lakes of fine clear water, so complete is this deseption that on first sight I could have swoarn it was water.”

So said Captain Meriwether Lewis on June 12, 1806 at what L&C called the […]