Opinion

Hunting access

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Montana elk hunters will soon have some access to a large area of private land on the west side of Paradise Valley.

Youth Waterfowl, Pheasant Weekend approaches

Montana’s young hunters and their hunting mentors will have a special treat the weekend of September 26 and 27, when they can take advantage of a statewide youth-only waterfowl and pheasant hunt. Licensed hunters or apprentice hunters, 15 and under, will be able to hunt ducks, mergansers, geese, coots and pheasants statewide on these two days.

These fires will happen again and again

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We should not be surprised that much of the West is on fire. Or that more than 3.1 million acres already have burned in California, another million in Oregon and in Washington, and that tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate.

Time out with Lois: Too many irons in the fire

There were two old sayings in our family that we all spoke quite often. And I mean my family back two or three generations. One, which came to my mind when I started to write this column. That was “You’ve got too many irons in the fire.” I always thought it referred to branding irons but today I do not have any branding irons, but it feels like the “too many” applies.

Thank you Big Timber

After spending a year working in the community, I have developed a deep love and attachment for Big Timber and the kind folks that make up the community. I have never ceased to be astonished by the generous and friendly nature of the locals.

The Age of Wisdom

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Chris Young had a hit country song a few years back entitled "I Hear Voices", and I think it was written for me! The first line is, "You can say I'm a little bit crazy. You can call me insane." Of course, these things are true, but he goes on to describe these voices of his ancestors in his head. Not only do I have those, but it is fall cattle working season so I am dealing with voices ringing loudly in my ears--despite my suggestion a few columns back that masks would help muffle the sounds of families working cattle.

Time Out with Lois: A look back at the beginning

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The year of 2020 has been a very strange year with our Time Out with Lois ministry. Way back in 1969, Ellen Campanella, from Stonecroft Ministries, asked if I would speak at a new Christian Womens Club (CWC) in Roundup, Montana. I said, “Yes.” Later she asked if I would speak in Billings, then in other towns in Montana and Wyoming. That is how it all began, sharing my faith in Jesus Christ. That does not mean I am perfect. If you have read this column very long, you know that. I just know God loves me and I love telling others the difference believing in Him makes in my life.

Letters to the editor

Woods for Public

Memories of a camp cook

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The early rifle season elk hunters headed into the back country this week, and there is a chill of fall in the air. I heard a bull elk bugle last night, and my heart longs for hunting camp, but my “town job” and my aching joints remind me that I probably better leave the wilderness camp cooking to the next generation. Nevertheless, I find myself thinking back over thousands of great memories of almost twenty years of camp cooking for Brett and Julie Todd at the K Lazy Three. Sure, there were ten below nights, getting up at 2:30 A.M. in hunting season, hauling buckets of water up steep creek banks, cooking fresh from the elk heart while trying to prepare a turkey dinner, but when I think back, only the great memories have stuck.

Gallery of Brittany’s work

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