Look for us on Tuesdays
Read Everything in a Single Scroll
Want to tell us something or ask a question? Get in touch.
Rough Cut Lumber
Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
$0.75 per board foot.
Call Mike (406-882-4835) or Sam (406-882-4597)
“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
-
An Article and an Absent Friend
Psychology Today has an article titled “The Unexpected Relationship Between Ideology and Anxiety.” It’s online and available at : https://www.psychologytoday.com/ Makes me feel like Max Weber, who was frequently accused of arguing with the ghost of Karl Marx. My friend, the Reverend Doctor Dave Olson fought his battle with esophageal cancer to a tie, and Read more
-
Patches Pictures
The geese have returned to the pond before they begin their journey south. The turkeys, hens and toms, are roaming the road. There are still plenty of grasshoppers for the turkeys to eat. We have had a cow elk and skunk walking the road. A surprise was the bobcat. The coyotes are hunting as a Read more
-
Tolerance
In Suriname, I encountered a mosque next to a synagogue. Both had been there for years – the synagogue first built by Portuguese Jews around 1723, then the building in the photograph replacing it in 1843. The first mosque was built next door in 1929, with this new one built in 1984. Suriname was a Read more
-
The 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 Read more
-
Just one Smith and Wesson
I have just one Smith and Wesson. Generally speaking, S&W made very reliable revolvers, and didn’t dive so deeply into semi-automatics as rivals such as Colt and High Standard did. Colt started with John Moses Browning – High Standard started with Lucius Diem’s version of the Colt Woodsman. Smith and Wesson began automatics with a Read more
-
Canadian 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 Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 