I sat in the lodge with Chris, a lovely woman who cooks on the packhorse trips and lives as a gypsy in the back of her pick-up truck camper, in an RV in Arizona, and in her former home in nearby Eureka. She said she loved the way people here […]
Sampson and I joined the riders today starting down by the Gibson reservoir. It was sad to see that the water level in this huge water source was about fifty yards lower than usual. We walked our horses over rocks and on a trail that next to a rushing stream. […]
This morning we got out on our horses and rode for about two hours into the Mortimer Gulch. My horse is named Sampson, and a fine steed is he, knows the way and has lost what I heard was an annoying habit of suddenly trotting when the rider didn’t expect […]
It’s a brisk and cool morning at the cafe. I am trying not to spend too much time here instead, I am going to the dump for the first time in my new dumpmobile, or truck, filled to the edges. I never imagined that so much of the work I […]
Last night my cell phone rang its groovy new ringtone at 9:30 pm. It was Ernie Barker from Triple J Wilderness Ranch in Augusta Montana. He was calling to advise me about boots. “Don’t wear boots with those lug soles,” he said. “They get caught in the stirrups.” He told […]
Here is Tucker, my steed, with whom I’ve been learning to ride up in Bernardston. Today’s ride was the best yet…at one point we had to turn around, and as we turned onto Shedd Road, Tucker decided to make a break for it. He jumped into a canter, and I […]
I joined a group of about 30 citizens to talk about a big issue in Deerfield tonight. On November 16, the town will own a 16-acre piece of land in the center that was once a pickle factory. Now they want to form a steering committee to find out what […]
Sports photogs are a famously independent bunch. They do what they do and they don’t wanna be hassled. Now the NFL is driving their association crazy with a new scheme: Starting this fall, every shooter on the sidelines of NFL games must wear a red vest with a Canon and […]
Tucker and I are getting to know each other quite well. The big horse is docile and knows the way. Yesterday I got a chance to go through the woods with him for a few hours. We even sped up to a quick canter for a few strides in an […]
Here is my new truck. Not really new but in great shape, taken care of by two women who live next door. I told them they can still borrow it when they need a truck.
I walked over and said hello again to the proprietors of the new market in town. It’s called the Garden City Market, and Sami is one of the owners. I told her that she could pick up our WiFi signal at her store and that we are all grateful that […]
In an ingenious nod to the forces of capitalism, Sprint will soon embed its logo onto a song so that illegal downloaders will see its logo when the song plays. It’s an ingenious way to beat filesharing–the music industry’s bugaboo. The NY Post reported today that on Atlantic Records tracks, […]