Looking across the Oval toward Main Hall, University of Montana I'm working on a memoir about the four years I spent as a student at the University of Montana in the 1960s. You can see by glancing at the photo above why I titled it Under the Big M. I hope to capture the tenor … Continue reading Under the Big M

Yellowstone Bison along the Firehole River. This year National Park Week begins on Saturday, April 16 and continues through Sunday, April 24. If your plans call for a trip to the world's first national park, Yellowstone, which is officially 150 years old this year, I have some homework suggestions for you. You won't be surprised that … Continue reading Homework for National Park Week

A crossbred cow with her newborn calf struggling to stand for the first time. Last week I presented this poem to a writers group I belong to. The group liked the poem, so I decided to share a short story that was inspired by the same incident. I wrote the story about 30 years ago … Continue reading Revising a 30-Year-Old Manuscript

Last week I mentioned the slough on the ranch where I grew up in a poem that I shared. My eldest brother sent me the above painting of stream that wandered by about a quarter mile from the back door of our parents' house. That got me thinking about the stream that meant so much … Continue reading The Slough on the Ranch Where I Grew Up

Request Your Zoom Link Here. I'm getting ready for the official launch of my latest book, Rediscovering Wonderland, that will be at 10 a.m. (MST) on Saturday, February 10. The presentation will be under the auspices of the Gallatin History Museum where I was a volunteer for nearly 20 years. I've moved away from Bozeman … Continue reading Book Launch

I just received advance copies of my next book, Rediscovering Wonderland: The Expedition That Launched Yellowstone National Park. You can order it now at your favorite bookstore bookseller or you can locate a bookstore near you at Indiebound. Also, you can get it from :  Amazon,  Barnes & Noble,  Bookshop.Org,  Books-A-Million, or  Rowman & Littlefield. … Continue reading Rediscovering Wonderland Available Now

University of Montana view across the oval at the center of campus. The University of Montana has a very pretty campus. One of its most remarkable features is the view from the west side of the oval with its giant bronze grizzly statue framing Main Hall and the "M" on the side of Mount Sentinel. … Continue reading Under the Big M

A photo of our new house (from the realtor listing). Tam and I worked furiously for the last six weeks packing and getting ready to move to the Chicago suburbs where we could be close to our daughter and her family. After the moving van was loaded, we drove four days though freezing weather and … Continue reading New House, New Place, New Beginning