I’m going to confess to you that I paid $5 for a huckleberry bear claw on Friday. Polebridge, Montana is a little mercantile at the end of nowhere, and I’ve been hearing about their bear claws for a few years now. My daughter and I made the Polebridge Bakery And Mercantile booth our first stop…
Exactly this time two years ago I was in a bad way. I had lost my medical transcription job earlier in the year, due to the incoming of electronics into the medical field. I had dreams of being a plain-ol’ housewife, but we were having a hard time meeting budget without me working. I was…
If you don’t like heights, you may want to take a pill for vertigo before reading this blog post. I have this really cool, long-time friend who has climbed peaks all over Glacier National Park (which is in our back yard, so to speak.) He is part mountain goat. I invited him to write for…
We put the last suitcase in the car, and I gave mom one more tight squeeze. Then we were pulling away from the curve, and I was waving goodbye at the corner just before we drove out of sight. There she was, standing alone on the sidewalk. “That is painful,” I said. “Yes. That is…
My young nephew tipped his head back in his car seat, and in the whiniest voice said, “I’m getting sleepy!” Cracked me up. Until the Lord said to me, “Yeah, exactly how you’ve sounded all week.” Oh. I’m embarrassed at how often I reverted to my inner 5-year-old last week. Whiny about money. Whiny about…
That boy of mine graduates in three days, and my mother will be here in 13 hours. The sheets on her bed are still dirty, and I haven’t dusted yet, although she promises she doesn’t care what my house looks like. You know how it is, though? So if you’ll allow me to pull up…
Last year we used Christmas money and invested in two kayaks. We could see our last little bird (with very big feet and a penchant for bow ties) flying out of the nest soon, and those two kayaks were our declaration that we would continue to enjoy each other when the nest became quiet. Today…
Earlier in the year I came across a life-changing statement in a book I was reading, and it was almost my birthday, so I called that girl of mine and asked her if she would paint the quote on the wall in my kitchen, above the window. Does it have to be paint? she said….
My boy got his first job, at a terrific burger joint downtown. It’s an old fashioned soda counter and candy shop. He said yesterday a man came in from down south who was on a road trip to the north country, and he told Caleb this Kalispell landmark was one of the places on his…
My husband is a licensed professional counselor, and people are often surprised that he doesn’t tell me anything about their problems. He never even mentions their names to me. If someone calls the house, he goes upstairs to the bedroom so he can talk in private. He is a safe person to confide in. And…
It was 1:30 a.m., and I was awake worrying about…things. You know how it is, because you have your own stuff on your mind this week that keeps making your shoulders sag and your sighs loud. I got out of bed, to move around and try to get my thoughts going in a different direction,…
At 3:00 a.m. my husband got out of bed. I heard him go downstairs, open the door, and start talking loudly to a man. Freaked me out, so I jumped up to see what in the world was going on. Before I hit the bottom of the stairs, I could see flashing lights through the…
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