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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.
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.
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.
A hearty dish that stands up to the decades
It may be too soon to talk turkey about post-Thanksgiving poultry recipes, but I’ve got a favorite chicken one I’d like to share.
Late season kayaking creates its own surprises
After two consecutive weekends of foul weather, the Flathead Paddlers kayaking group I belong to was finally able to sneak in one more outing Nov. 1 under relatively mild temperatures and fair winds, the latest thi…
An unexpected hike to unparalleled views
I was surprised last week by the photo in my free Glacier Bank calendar when I flipped ahead to the month of November. It’s a picture of Hornet Lookout with an early skiff of fall snow.
A place preserved for the sandhill cranes
September rode the thermals into October on warm wings under fair skies.
Think water, drink water
Think water, drink water
My kind of heaven
Having lost two family members in less than six months recently, (my mother and oldest brother) naturally, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about death.
If it’s Tuesday it must be poblanos
Those who know me well know one of my summer pastimes is roasting peppers — lots of peppers.
To Zoom or not to Zoom
A couple of weeks ago my high school senior class had a reunion — a Zoom reunion.
Adventure on the high seas
Last week I found a curious email in my inbox at work with my brother’s name in the subject line followed by the words “Brigantine Romance.”
Border business a bit bewildering
Three years ago I went on the shortest-ever shopping trip to Canada — around 30 minutes.
Travels with Chet
Back in the summer of 1977 while I was in college and my brother Steve was in his first year of grad school, our dad wanted to “test drive” a 40-foot Winnebago to see if RVing was the kind of thing he’d enjoy in hi…
A life well-lived, and left well
In mid-March my 93-year-old mother, who had so far lived independently in her own home in Cincinnati, was hospitalized. Though I made the 911 call due to her severe back pain (incurred while folding bedsheets) it w…