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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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A Good Year For The Coots
There are six hatchling coots swimming in the pond with their parents. Usually two or three survivors is the norm, basically because, in general, coots are really bad at parenting. This year, the parents have stayed together and worked at raising the little birds. A coot doesn’t quack like a duck – but it swims Read more
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Fun With The New Knee 3 Weeks & 3 Days In
Three weeks after the surgery, the swelling has gone down – still a lot of swelling, but less. My infrared thermometer tells me that the left knee is 8 degrees warmer than the uncarved right. But it’s great. On 3 weeks and 2 days, I managed to walk a mile and a half. Not fast, Read more
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Gerrymandering Chart
For the entire article, go to https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/08/whos-gerrymandering-whom.php It is worth a read. Read more
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Trego’s History Is Twentieth Century
I’ve been encouraged to research and write Trego’s history. This first section basically covers 1900 to 1925, from a Sociologist’s perspective rather than a historian’s. Trego’s history begins with social and economic events – there is no individual responsible for building the community, despite the fact that Octav Fortin was the first settler. The first Read more
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Interstate Migration
Time was when I had to use U-Haul rental rates to get a handle on migration between states. I could combine that with Census data to get a fairly clear picture of what type of people leave California to come to Montana – just an example, you understand. The net continues to grow as an Read more
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The Folks Who Died Have Been Tight-Lipped About Their Experience
I’ve completed my third week with the new knee. I haven’t been making the progress I wanted, so I got on line, and pulled up the recovery timeline. The first one I called up was for people over 65 – and all of a sudden, I started feeling much better. It’s nice to be 75 Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 