Back to the Boom Town
I’ve started cleaning up and doing a few repairs on the old service station. It’s more a social activity than I had realized. Some stop who knew my parents – there are fewer of those, but frequently strangers to me. Others stop and ask what my business goal is – and I don’t really have…
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Banana Bread
What do you do with those leftover bananas that turn too brown to eat? Don’t throw them out! Simply put them in the freezer and when you’ve collected some, make this easy and delicious banana bread. I always double this recipe so I can get two loaves which take anywhere between six and eight bananas…
Keep readingBear Attack Statistics
Flathead Bear Aware posted “In fact, more people are killed by black bears.” The statement brings the opportunity for statistics – and there are a couple of sources easily available for checking the statement. From a statistical perspective, fatalities are a more solid measure than attacks. Five years ago, I listened to a man telling…
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Mushrooms abound!
It’s been a good couple weeks for mushrooms here – puffballs, many ready to be made into mushroom steaks, some already releasing spores, seeding future years’ mushrooms. And shaggy manes, good for eating fresh, or letting sit and turn into “mushroom ink”. The first time this happened to some shaggy manes we’d collected, I was…
Keep readingThe Peter Principle (in Government)
In 1969, I bought my first copy of The Peter Principle and read Laurence Peter’s words “In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” He explained that “in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.” Dr. Peter died 30…
Keep readingCanadian Libertarian Leader on Mandates
Tim Moen, from up near Edmonton, has led the Canadian Libertarian party for the past 7 years. His views regarding the unacceptability of pandemic mandates are available at timmoen.net. He doesn’t write like the late L. Neil Smith – and the article I’ve linked to is definitely beyond Biden. Moen starts with details on the…
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Trego's Mountain Ear 