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Giving Together: Turning Tax Season into Opportunities for Students
On a spring morning in Kalispell, a group of elementary students huddle around a table, testing a small robot they…
OUTDOORS: Modern toys for ice anglers
My fishing success on my last trip was hampered by the above average January temperatures...
‘Cracking up’ in body and mind
As the old year morphed into the new one, I’d carried a round of physical therapy forward as well.
Oh, my, is it time for pie?
It’s the wrong time of year to write about pie.
Time to get involved in legislative issues
Our hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, trapping and other outdoor recreation heritage rights are up for review...
Finding our way through, and into the new year
Even though our kids weren’t able to be here in person to celebrate the holidays in 2020, we were all still able to share most of our family traditions.
The diversity of ice fishing
Ice fishing can be enjoyed in so many different ways...
‘Next year’ is here
My husband and I have an ongoing mantra for whatever obstacles life throws at us to prevent us from getting things done.
We must be vigilant!
We, who live in Montana, have been largely spared from most of those disruptions...
A ‘Christmas’ card for a coronavirus year
We’ve almost made it. Only five more days of 2020. There’s probably not a soul who isn’t looking forward to turning the last page on this calendar. We’re all exhausted.
Last-minute gift ideas
Well, here we are…Christmas Eve and you still have not gotten that special angler on your list...
Hunting season ends with a bang, just no buck
It was pointed out to me last week that I needed to share the rest of the story...
Christmas carols bring us comfort and joy
“...A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
Time to hit the ice!
Last week, along with a couple dozen other folks, I was on Smith Lake...
Hunting season, it could've been much different
To begin, I should have killed a bull elk...
Tales from the road with our ‘Bugs’
Years ago in Ohio when my boyfriend was teaching me how to drive his VW Super Beetle — a stick shift — I forgot to switch to a lower gear and the car started doing that bucking thing that’s so embarrassing.