Billings Hardware

Recent Posts

Suicide awareness inspires giant graffiti mural project

Sketch

Joe “Buddy” Ulrich didn’t have any big plans for the sketch he drew a few weeks ago. Since taking up graffiti art five years ago, Ulrich said, he spends hours every night working out ideas in his sketchbook. The drawing in question showed colored leaves sprouting from a downtown Billings skyline, with “Out Of The Dark” written below it. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: , , , ,

Lefse: Mashing, rolling and cooking holiday cheer

Rollers

Down in the basement of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Billings, holiday celebrations began with the making of lefse. Just before Thanksgiving, Kelly Kaiser Borning gathered a small group to honor the Scandinavian tradition of rolling and baking the potato-based flatbread. This two-day affair of creating lefse for the annual bazaar was a valuable “passing of the generations,” said Margit Thorndal, a member of the Church Council. But for most Scandinavians, whether they know how to make lefse or not, it embodied good old-fashioned Christmas cheer. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: , , , , , , ,