Columns
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Of Art and Cake
I received a call from Hungry Horse artist Nick Oberling last week. He lamented that Glacier wasn’t open to loca...
Oatie, high water and a search
Beautiful sunny weather for most of this week. I really enjoyed getting out on my ATV with temperatures in the mid-70s on the North Fork. That ended Saturday night with a massive thunderstorm about midnight. Now,...
Grizzlies more concerning than a flood
It happens every year, but while still possible, a flood is by no means certain, maybe not even likely. Historically highest river levels occur in June, usually after the 6th. This first little push of runoff cle...
Germs and Grizzlies
So last week I called up the county commissioner’s office to get the login and password for the Thursday meeting.
Should the North Fork have a July 4 parade?
The coronavirus seems to go on and on, disrupting normal routine even though there are no North Fork victims and only a few in Flathead County. Even so, lots of things are changed and most of us continue to be at...
Gassed
My friend Paranoid Pete has one of those kegerators in his basement.
More thoughts on permits
Having a cluster of special permit requests to the Forest Service certainly created a firestorm of comments from North Fork landowners. Like my neighbors I oppose any more permits for commercial activity on the N...
On fishing
A Classic G. George Ostrom column from 1973.
Opposes permits
I am really tired of writing about the coronavirus, but I did not expect the U.S. Forest Service to step in with a big controversy, all in the last two days.
Paranoid Pete and other tales
“What’s up Paranoid Pete?” I asked. “You look a little flush.”
The end of the beginning
Finally, there is some good news about the coronavirus. New infections are dropping and fatalities have leveled off.
Virus life not much different
The coronavirus has not really made my life much different. We always keep the fridge and the freezer filled with enough groceries for a couple of weeks. Only fresh produce and milk are needed more often and it’s...
1918 flu swept through North Fork
It is a lot easier to practice “social distancing” on the North Fork than it is in town. Up here we can always go for a walk, play with the dog outside, or even sit on the riverbank and watch for geese. As an old...
Hang in there
For those of us old enough to remember or to watch reruns of the 1950s classic Dragnet, we can easily recall Sgt. Friday’s quote, “Just the facts, ma’am.” That quote became locked into America’s lexicon, highligh...
And we get to live here
It seems there is only one topic. Coronavirus. Personally, I am sick of all TV news. The talking heads give us only the bad news. Then they go into a long litany of “what ifs.” The real news about the coronavirus...