Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

At the urging of one of my sisters (her first name starts with M), I tuned in to "1883" last night and was up to all hours. My fav...

It's only a movie -- or is it? Indiana Jones punches a Nazi in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." USA Today offered its summary ...

This is one of those wet years that our great-grandfathers told us about. You know, "rain follows the plow" so why not plow up 320...

Some things that irked and/or entertained me this past week: The state legislature is in session. Opening day included the Gov's Stat...

Cheyenne is 15 years behind Billings. It's playing catch-up with Loveland. At least we're in good company. On Wednesday evenin...

Spend an evening with farmer, former school teacher and Montana U.S. Senator Jon Tester when the Wyoming Democrats bring him to Sheridan o...

On Saturday, I posted about Seattle and the fact that urbanites in that green bastion might have to drink their lattes with a spritz of c...

"Six Against the Blaze," 1960. Photo by G.C. "Kip" Hinton Talked to my colleague Gregory Hinton in L.A. last week. H...

In conjunction with Wyoming's Poetry Out Loud state competition, guest judge and Native-American poet Henry Real Bird will be facilitat...

I've written before about how right-wing ideology in Wyoming is driving budget cuts for mental health care. After another senseless mas...

The darker the state, the higher the suicide rate The Billings Gazette began a series on Sunday exploring Montana's "suicide e...

Clueless in Montana (from the Button Valley Bugle )

Good news from Huff Post Politics: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Montana's campaign donation limits, telling the f...

Our blogging pals at Interested Party out of South Dakota had a post this morning about the Bakken Pipeline. If completed, it would transp...

Gardening is in again. Rethinking Gardening in the 21st Century  is the title for the Gillette Master Gardeners Conference. My fave garde...

What I'm noticing this morning: tiny clover growing at the root of my awakening strawberry plants. I have been reading my way throug...

"Winter in the Blood" directors Andrew and Alex Smith answer questions with documentary filmmaker Tracy Rector, left, at the Bi...

Some of Montana's Republican legislators are even crazier than the ones we have in Wyoming (from Montana Cowgirl ): One of America’s...

David Sirota interviewed Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock on his radio show this past week: Last week, while the national press c...

An urban planner wants us to think like farmers. Crop yields, stuff like that. A rural conservation institute with desert roots works to r...