My neighbor, the beaver

Today, instead of going on my usual hike through the foothills, I chose to scramble for a few miles along the bank of the Clark Fork river and enjoy some of the winter scenery there, and in so doing walked right into the yard of the resident beaver.
Back in October I wrote a post “Overwhelmed?” [...]

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A River of Ice

The Clark Fork River flowing just below where I live doesn’t freeze over, but the Flathead River does; in a way. Here are some photos taken this morning of a section of it about 160 miles downstream from its headwaters in Glacier Park. At this point, the river narrows and provides the potential of forming [...]

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Sorrow

 On the sudden death of a good friend:
In times of deep sadness, when the existential reality of mortality drapes across our shoulders like a coarse black cape, we each have our own unique sanctuary into which we retreat for solace.
For many, it’s a deep faith in God, and that provides the greatest comfort. For others, [...]

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2º Rainbow

This morning at sun rise, the temperature was already twice the night’s low of 1º and heating up fast. It should reach the double-digits by this afternoon.
Here in Western Montana we are blessed with rapid weather changes and temperature swings. Three days ago the high temperature was a record-breaking 52º and last night we had [...]

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The exercise room

Now that the holidays are past and all of the major feasting, snacking, sipping, guzzling and other over-indulging is over, it has occurred to me that getting some really good exercise should be the order of the day.
For so many folks across America, it’s the time fire up the car, drive a few blocks or [...]

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