I guess it’s my own damn fault.
After all, I was the one who pitched Last Best News this review of the sad national theater production known as Super Bowl Sunday. (more…) Continue Reading →
The day after: A review of the game we all love to hate
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Hail Columbia Gulch: Tales from a feral childhood
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I enjoyed some time recently with an old friend who shared memories and photographs of her early childhood on a scratch-gravel South Dakota farm before it even had electricity. The photos in particular elicited powerful memories of my own. I was too young to remember when electricity was installed at my family’s summer place in the mid-1950s. I do recall the day when the much-anticipated telephone service arrived to Hail Columbia Gulch. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Butte, Hail Columbia Gulch, Mountain Bell, party line
The Land Rover Defender: Discontinued but immortal
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On Friday, Jan. 29, the final Land Rover Defender rolled off the assembly line in the Midlands town of Solihull, England. The demise of this legendary line of four-wheel- drive automotive workhorses marks a significant milestone in automotive history. The world seems just a bit smaller and a lot softer for it. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, British Empire, Jeep, Land Rover, Maurice Wilkes, United Nations
In Helena, a chance meeting with a fascinating wasp
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I recently joined some work colleagues for a farewell celebration in the courtyard of one of Helena’s public houses along Last Chance Gulch. One of our party noticed that we were sitting under a deciduous tree that seemed to have been dead for several years. Presently, we were visited by a very large wasp, which several in the group found quite disturbing. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Charles Darwin, Last Chance Gulch, Newsweek, Perdue University, Wired Magazine
Road between wilderness areas earns wild reputation
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Our neighboring, and often overlooked, state of Idaho is home to a nearly contiguous 3.4 million-acre area that comprises the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The areas are not fully connected, but only because they are separated by a narrow, 10-foot-wide, 95-mile-long road known as the Magruder Corridor. The Magruder has been described as one of the most remote, wildest roads in the Lower 48. (more…) Continue Reading →
