For Sale

June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This blog and this domain (www.BigSkyBlog.com) are for sale. If you’re interested, send me an e-mail: davidmsc @ hotmail.com.

New Montana Blogs

October 26, 2008 | 1 Comment

Montana Gael is devoted to “Poetry, art, and news about the Montana Irish diaspora, with literary musings, a Celtic events calendar, and other brilliant links.” With Montana’s long & celebrated history of all things Irish, this is bound to be a great blog!
Kirsten In Montana features the tagline “Dropping out of corporate America and dropping [...]

Big Sky Blogs

October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

Just a reminder: there’s a whole lotta bloggers here in Montana; here’s the current roster of all of the Big Sky Bloggers that I know of! Please let me know of anyone that I have missed, and keep me posted of new bloggers. If you ever run out of blogs to read, come [...]

Got an e-mail from Montana author and blogger TL Hines, and his new project sure sounds intriguing – especially to fellow bloggers, I suspect:
My new book, THE UNSEEN, is about a loner who hides in unexpected places. So to help roll out the project, it’s time to hide reminders about the book in unexpected places.
I’m [...]

The Billings Gazette has set up a blog for the delegates to the Democratic National Convention to post about what goes on during their stay in the Mile High City.
Depending on which side of the aisle you lean towards it may be interesting or nauseating.
I’m looking forward to seeing if any Montana GOP delegates will [...]

Blogroll Update

August 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

Just did some “pruning” of the Big Sky Blogroll – removing deleted or inactive blogs. The general rule on what qualifies as “inactive” is usually six months or longer without an entry. Others have been deleted by the owners, and therefore removed from the blogroll. Thanks to Randy at the Billings Free Press for [...]

Attention, residents of the Magic City! There is a new community blog devoted to all things BILLINGS called the Billings Free Press.
This is a blog dedicated to the greatest city in Montana. Some would say the only city in Montana but I’m not one of them…I’ll be the first to admit that Billings may [...]

Big Sky Bloggers

June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

The roster of all of the Big Sky Bloggers! Please let me know of anyone that I have missed, and keep me posted of new bloggers. If you ever run out of blogs to read, come on over here and just start clicking!

> read the rest (click here) all done [...]

June Snow & Stuff

June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

How many of you got snow yesterday? We did in Great Falls – nearly seven inches! On the other side of the Divide, Tall Pines saw a dusting, too.
A husband and wife blogging team.
Want to know who is Twittering in your vicinity? Try Twitter Local.
If you like “Ghost Hunters,” then you might enjoy learning more [...]

First up is a site called the Daily Yonder; it focuses on rural America, and this week turned its attention to the Presidential campaign stops in Great Falls.
Audrey Sholtey, the 2008 Miss Rodeo Montana, has a blog! Related Montana beauty pageant entries: Miss Montana 2007; Miss Teen USA; Miss Montana 2006; and Miss [...]

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