A Stone’s Throw Bed and Breakfast A couple weeks ago, Henry and I had an in-town getaway to A Stone’s Throw Bed and Breakfast. We dropped the kids with Big Henry and Mogie and walked 3.5 blocks from our house to…
Busy, Busy, Busy I accidentally joined a cult and now I am working on getting out. It’s the Cult of Busyness. You know what I mean: we’re all so busy these days and we use it as an excuse to…
We’re almost home in Death Valley. About an hour before dawn each morning, the coyotes go nuts. Yipping, howling, and singing the sun awake. An owl joins in with its “hoo hooo!,” helping drag the day into existence. I step…
A few days ago our local newspaper posted photos of rock art along the Yellowstone River. A fish with scales in pink, blue, and orange; a bison with a steely eyeball, concentric circles stacked on each other…it all looked very cool,…
This story originally appeared in the Great Falls Tribune, February 11, 2016 Butte gets Nordic In a town known for its Irish heritage, a Nordic community is taking hold. All around Butte, locals and visitors are kicking and gliding along…
MISSOULA — Denver Holt of the Owl Research Institute (ORI) pulls his Suburban over to the side of a snow-packed dirt road outside of Missoula. He and researcher, Matt Larson, and volunteer, Andrea Darling, hop out of the rig and…
I thought I’d summarize my top wildlife encounters for 2015 because I’ve had a banner year for seeing and interacting with wildlife. In the last 12 months I’ve snorkeled with beluga whales, watched 12 grizzlies dig bulbs in a field,…
It’s been a pretty good January for me work-wise. And by that, I mean I’ve had some really fun adventures in the name of work. As a freelance writer, I can pitch any story I want to magazines and newspapers. It…
It was like the old days. Before kids, before Henry, when Mariann and I would spend a couple days every week cross-country skiing on trails around southwest Montana. We were “researching” a ski guide. She made the maps, I wrote…
It’s been snowy around here — snowier than I remember December being. That white stuff has been on the ground in Livingston for a couple weeks now…and I love it! We’ve been sledding, skating, and cross-country skiing right in town.…