Apr

29

WordPress 1.5

April 29, 2005 | 5 Comments

…will be installed on Big Sky Blog this weekend. EDIT: Hooray! Successfully installed! How’s it look?

Apr

28

Small Town Problem

April 28, 2005 | 5 Comments

Do you ever wonder why drinking is such a problem with the teens in Montana? Well I have only lived here about two years and have three teenagers and what I see and hear horrifies me! Parents are drinking and in the bars and the kids are running amuck! Some parents are buying the [...]

Apr

27

Flickr, Montana

April 27, 2005 | 3 Comments

No, it’s not a town…it’s the latest tool for Big Sky Bloggers to strut their stuff, photo-wise. The delightful Flickr service has made it snap-easy to put together lots of great Montana pictures. Take a look right here!

Apr

26

Big Sky Movie Wranglers

April 26, 2005 | 5 Comments

Big Sky Movie Wranglers are celebrating the Montana’s HB 584 passing. Named”Big Sky on the Big Screen Act,” it will benefit Montana’s film industry in many ways. It will bring more productions to our state. It will add jobs for both skilled and entry level workers in many trades. It [...]

Apr

24

Mystery

April 24, 2005 | 1 Comment

One of the enduring mysteries about living in Montana is why the national media doesn’t recognize we exist. Parts of southern Montana just received a fairly large storm which included much snow but I didn’t see a thing about it in the national media until the exact same system started dumping snow on the [...]

Apr

22

MT Gov Blog

April 22, 2005 | 2 Comments

Jennie alerted me to a blog devoted to information about Montana government…it is “…sponsored by the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana, with support from Montana government information professionals.” Definitely worth visiting and adding to your blogrolls (already added to the Big Sky Blogroll). Thanks Jennie!

Apr

20

April Showers, May Flowers?

April 20, 2005 | 1 Comment

Here are a couple of pictures taken out of my back door of the recent Spring storm.
I wonder if the old tale of April showers bringing May flowers will be true for us. Check my photos out here.

Apr

18

Spring Snow – Again!

April 18, 2005 | 1 Comment

Sure, the lovely season of Spring arrived several weeks ago, but that’s no reason for it to NOT snow! Here in Great Falls, it’s just drizzle so far, but a pretty good chance that it will turn to snow overnight. Check out the forecast:

Meanwhile, down in Bozo, the fluffy stuff has been falling [...]

Apr

14

Married in Montana Cont’d..

April 14, 2005 | 2 Comments

Thanks to everyone who responded. If I could figure out how to comment without doing another post I’d be in heaven! We’re still discussing this but at least now I don’t feel as if I am being selfish. I want to get married in Montana and darn-it all I’m going to!
It is my wedding and [...]

Apr

13

Married In Montana?

April 13, 2005 | 6 Comments

So we’ve started looking for wedding and reception sites in this wonderful little corner of the world. I’ve fallen in love with the outdoor idea of a wedding at Buck’s T-4 in Big Sky. It’s beautiful, has 2 waterfalls, a little wooden bridge. My fiance wants to go back to California to get married beause [...]

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