Surgical Reflections
As I recover from this fourth and hopefully final ankle surgery, it’s hard not to reflect on the past six years
As I recover from this fourth and hopefully final ankle surgery, it’s hard not to reflect on the past six years
If a man is known by the company he keeps, then I must be doing alright
As I turn in my last Beacon stories (for now), new “wide open spaces” lay ahead
As camp season arrives in earnest in northwest Montana, I’ve been flooded with memories of my own experiences at a wide range of camps and experiential outdoor education programs I attended in my youth
In his eyes I cannot fail so I am determined not to fail those eyes; which, paradoxically, means I fail daily. His standards are impossible to meet.
Pausing to answer the question, I considered the two boreal toads and the black bear I'd just encountered on this secret stretch of trail — friends of the forest with unassailable local credentials
An extra layer of insight makes the highs, and lows, of covering track and field all the more dramatic
I’ve learned to vanquish the nagging demons of inferiority — or at least lull them into complacency with liberal doses of endorphins
Although our degrees of musical appreciation vary, we all incorporate these meticulously arranged frequencies into the core of our identities.
For being the smallest ski area in Montana, Bear Paw Ski Bowl has the biggest heart
Youth is wasted on the young, to be sure; but wisdom seems too often to be simply wasted
He was awarded bronze and silver stars, and while Dad does not frequently tell this story, when he does, a listener inevitably inquires why he didn’t also receive a Purple Heart. The answer has eluded him
Like Zen masters tending a rock garden, the Flathead Valley’s dedicated fleet of groomers possesses a rarefied skillset that is equal parts artisanal and artistic
As a moody Aquarian, my constellation has always shone brightest from amid the cold, dark crags of the northern hemisphere
As wildfires grow in intensity, the air quality of mountain-valley communities in western Montana has continued to diminish