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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…
Pumpkin spice belongs in pie
After years of listening to co-workers, friends and pretty much all of America gush about pumpkin spice, I finally took the plunge this week and ordered my fir…
You say Marano? I still say Marino
My brother-in-law John rented an apartment in September in the town of Giulianova near Pescara on the Adriatic coast of central Italy — the vicinity of his family’s paternal grandparents’ birthplace.
Turnover times...
When we hear the word turnover, especially in the fall, it usually means someone coughed up the ball.
Runic inscriptions: ancient Post-it notes
Traveling through Norway was so much more wonderful than I ever imagined it would be, and it’s difficult to articulate exactly why.
Don't spare the spare keys
Technology has given us magnetic keys, key cards, keyless entry remotes, smart keys, and chip keys — also called transponder keys or, in more common vernacular, fobs.
The best time of the year is finally here
Ahh, autumn. For the outdoors person, especially the hunter, this is best time of the year.
Farmer's Almanac predicts weather, with humor
Every year around the middle of September, a copy of “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” arrives at the Daily Inter Lake office, addressed to me. I typically page through the longstanding publication that’s an alleged tried…
Too many grizzlies?
Allow me a detour if you will…
An unofficial end to summer
Last weekend was all about synchronicity for me. Though it wasn’t what I would have preferred to do, my activities seemed to fall into perfect order with the planet’s inclination.
Oh, deer: a love/hate relationship
I knew it was a bad idea to create a new flower bed next to our house last spring, but I did it anyway.
Watching the rods
Trolling is not for everybody. While it is the primary method we use to catch Lake Trout out on Flathead Lake, and big Gerrard Rainbows on Little Bitterroot, we get talk to many folks who say “trolling is boring.”
A mad dash for Hatches
The past couple of years, around mid-August, Hatch chili peppers have found their way into the produce departments at local groceries. It’s a short window for this particular variety of hot pepper that’s gained pop…
King salmon in Montana
The uneducated angler might argue that there is no such thing as a “King” salmon in Montana…Take that bet! Just like in the Great Lakes, there are freshwater Chinook (or King) salmon populating the waters of Fort P…
'Angering the gods' is risky business
One rightfully could call this year’s spring and summer weather in the Flathead fickle. While local long-timers know June is considered “the rainy month,” this year glorious dry June weekends jump-started our warm-…
Seeing an old farm in a new light
Sometimes, finding one’s “happy place” is as simple as rediscovering a backyard.