Category: N.O.S.
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Winter camping
I snuck out for a snowshoeing and snow-camping trip last night. Leave the house at 3, snag some ramen and cookies, leave the car by 4, make camp around 630, fire by 7, in the bag by 830, asleep by 930, awake the first time a little after 5 (too cold! back to sleep), awake…
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Saturday Soup
Good food for cold weather: Warm ~1 quart chicken or veggie stock. Add, 1/8 cup ginger roughly chopped6-10 cloves garlic roughly chopped1 block extra firm tofu cut into 1/2″ cubes1/3 habenero pepper, diced well3/4 cup jasmine rice2 Tbs sesame oil1 Tbs sea salt Simmer covered for a good hour. Add, 1 medium sized sweet onion,…
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Sam and Matt’s take
The “other team” at the Parcour last month. Looks like fantastic terrain, I’m rather tempted to take my skis up there soon.
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Why I like Bison
They’re big, noble, symbols of the lost Americas. My favorite animal, one I never tire of observing. I found this bison fur on a low-hanging snag while bushwhacking along a bison trail near the Lamar River in Yellowstone this morning.Last month I read American Buffalo by Steven Rinella, which I highly recommend. Entertaining and informative.…
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Gut bustin’
In more than one way. The possibilities are endless. In the interest of content, and because this is what I got, I present what I’ve been spending most of my time on the last few days. Testimony I’ll be giving before the Child, Family, Health and Human Services Interim committee this coming Monday. I left…
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Out of the hole
Before I stick my head back down in it. This has been my motto for the past week: Problem is how to get the ball rolling. I spent all weekend struggling with writer’s block over testimony for a committee hearing next Monday. Yesterday I finally broke through the dam, and life suddenly seemed so much…
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Some things about Montana
Montana is a unique state. Big, few people, great geographic diversity and a unique human history (for a Rocky Mountain state) all create a zeitgeist that I like more the longer I’m here. A big part of my work this semester has taken me into the idiosyncratic world of Montana politics. A big class project,…
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Holy grail achieved! I’ve thought about this for ages (along with just cutting off my pinkie toes with garden shears), but didn’t know folks had actually had it done. I don’t think our insurance will pay though…
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Fame
Our article on Le Parcour is up on Backpackinglight. Unfortunately you need a membership to read it, so I can’t even see it!
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Dios de los Muertos
The Garden City has what may be the whitest 11/2 parade going, but it works out just fine. Human traffic informally closes Higgins (N-S main street through downtown), and everyone from the middle school to political groups, to Bernice’s Bakery to the public librarians gets in on the act.Two words? Available. Light. Two more? Hand.…
Bedrock & Paradox 