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Everything’s ‘just ducky’
In the wake of a global pandemic, protests and political pandemonium, my recent forays to do some springtime birdwatching have provided me with a much welcome respite.
A day well spent playing with pasta dough
There’s been no dearth of fresh eggs in our fridge the past several weeks thanks to our generous neighbors and their healthy henhouse.
Finding my footing on slippery slopes
A spanking new pair of Solomon cross-country skis and boots were under the Christmas tree for me in December, their performance metrics and buyer reviews meticulously researched by both my husband and son prior to …
My decade of dance aerobics
One of the instructors at my gym recently resurrected her old dance aerobics class — 2000s-era music and moves — for a Saturday morning class. I decided it would be fun to go, having been “into” dance aerobics for …
My decade of dance aerobics
One of the instructors at my gym recently resurrected her old dance aerobics class — 2000s-era music and moves — for a Saturday morning class. I decided it would be fun to go, having been “into” dance aerobics for …
The metrics of shoveling snow
Due to circumstances beyond my control (weather and a clogged fuel line in the snowblower), I’ve been required to shovel every inch of this winter’s snowfall, one shovel at a time.
Always the next big thing
I got an unexpected introduction to yet another new technology recently.
Holidays made happier by friendly folks
As a new year flings open its sash to let in the fresh air and the passing year shutters its window and turns out the lights, there are a few people I encountered during December whose kindness made the holiday hub…
A Christmas reflection
In one of the last lectures in the mindfulness meditation lecture series I listened to recently the author tells an old story about a woman of means named Kisa Gotami, who lived during the Buddha’s time, whose youn…
Take a virtual history tour through Montana
The Montana Historical Society’s Explore Big website, which launched in 2017, has expanded substantially this year. The website, Explorebig.org, and free mobile app now give users instant access to nearly 1,750 sto…
A meditation on mindfulness
The other evening I happened to notice I was grinding coffee beans with my left hand while shaking the salad dressing bottle with my right. I’ve pretty much been this way (doing two things at once) since I became a…
Face to face with Facebook
Social media fans may have a bone to pick with me after reading this column about their daily penchant to peruse online posts.
Chop wood, carry water
The small ivory figurine that stands on a windowsill in my living room was given to me by a friend way back in high school, which makes our relationship — with both my girlfriend and the figurine — older than the o…
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.
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.