Our friend quit his cabinet-making job and took employment on the east side of the mountains. He works with three Nicaraguans who come north to work a ranch for half the year, and together they brave the winters of eastern Montana. Cold on the east side. Watch the weather forecast for Cut Bank, where it’s…
I caught a few lines of a song the other day (although I didn’t realize how raunchy and godless it was until I investigated it further, so yeah -not sharing it with you.) But it caught my attention because the artist sang a question and then an answer, repeating this over and over. It made…
I grew up in central Wyoming, but my aunt and uncle lived in downtown Denver. A few times a year we would make the six-hour drive to visit them, and it felt like a real-life story of country mouse goes to visit city mouse. Three things were always the same on our trips: Dad yelling…
I know, you’ve been asking yourself, “How are those two empty nesters managing now that their baby is off to college?” You wonder what we do to fill our days. Well, during Saturday morning waffles we practiced the selfie faces we’ll make when we go to get our Christmas tree next month. And no, I…
Yesterday I came downstairs and exchanged looks with my son, who was sitting in the kitchen. We were listening to a noise coming from the basement. “That treadmill does not sound good,” I said. “No, not good,” he said. Seconds later we heard a horrible sound from the basement, and I ran down, to see…
I’m tempted to give you my husband’s cell phone number, so you can verify that I am not lying when I tell you that every morning and night of my first year of teaching I said, and I quote, “I cannot do this.” Yesterday, after I covered the computer monitor with an old, pink pillowcase…
If a blog post could somehow be a steaming latte in your favorite flavor (coconut milk for my friend who can’t have dairy), I would surprise you at work with 16 ounces today, along with a high-calorie glazed doughnut and a long hug. Because it seems like most everybody in my little circle is having…
In the same day I read about corruption in Lagos, Nigeria, I handed that man of mine paper towels while he was flat on his back on my kitchen floor, trying to figure out why everything underneath my kitchen sink was wet. I tried running the water, and nothing leaked. So he left the cupboard…
Dear friends, Today is my birthday! The big four-six, and you should know I’m a little ridiculous on the inside about the whole birthday thing. It’s like when I was six years old I stopped maturing and still jump up and down over cake and presents. Presents! I was laughing at myself the other day,…
I woke up at 5:00 a.m. yesterday and got out of bed, but I was having a hard morning. A few words the night before had stirred up sorrow, and I couldn’t seem to shake my sadness. So I plugged in the Christmas tree (a real tree that my guys cut down in a real…
I suggested to both moms that perhaps going in on an E-reader would be the perfect gift for Matt’s birthday this November. So I could have my Kindle back, for Pete’s sake. They gave in, and I was able to buy a novel for my Kindle this Thanksgiving break, with the lofty goal of reading…
I fell apart over a gift bag yesterday. But let me back up… First there was the switchback drive up Big Mountain Road, looking out over Whitefish, Montana, which apparently is listed as one of the most beautiful cities in which to enjoy fall colors. Then I arrived at a mansion with the car load…
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