Opinion

Set out the beef, cheese and eggs for Santa this year

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With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, I have theorized that apparently the clothes dryer has been shrinking my jeans.

When it comes to cooking, the devil is in the details

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Being a recipe columnist implies a huge responsibility. One year many years ago, one of my infamous fan letters in the “Agri-News” complained, “The plum cake in Susan’s column was so bad my dog wouldn’t even eat it.” Turns out I had left out the word “self-rising” before flour in the ingredient list, and the reader ended up with plum colored hockey puck material. Recently, I made a mistake in one of my favorite recipes, Carol’s Heath Bar Cookies, but I did catch it and print a correction later. However, I realize not everyone catches the corrections until it is too late — such as my dear friend Bobbie Fellows of Big Timber.

Border policy is consistent

So we all know about the border crisis. It’s been in the news quite a bit of late. The good news is the Joe Biden is taking decisive action – the trademark of this administration – to fix things.

Montana doesn’t have nor want a state police

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In Montana we do not have to worry about a knock at the door at night after which we are confronted with a gruff voice declaring, “This is the state police, and we want to talk to you.”

Part of the story

Everybody’s heard of Greta Thunberg but Richard Lindzen remains anonymous.

Living in a windy area can be a hair-raising experience

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For all but 8 years of my life, I have lived on the east slopes of the Rocky Mountain front range out of Augusta, Montana and Big Timber, Montana. For the half century (approximately in case you are doing the math) that I have lived in the wind, I have tried to get used to it, but I don’t think one can get used to wind.

Let’s acknowledges the equal right to life of every human being

Editor:

Let’s Go Brandon! (With kudos to Kelli)

For many months now the nation has been mired in a vicious debate. A battle in which the two sides are so disparate in their views, so entrenched in their beliefs, there seems to be no possible resolution.

Grouchy Grandma’s House Rules for the Holidays

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One of the nicest compliments I receive is when readers tell me that they have hung my column on their refrigerator or mailed it to someone (often anonymously) to try to make a point humorously and semitactfully.

Conversations in the cook tent

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As Veteran’s Day approaches, my heartfelt gratitude goes out to all Veterans, but I especially feel deep sadness for those who served in Afghanistan who are feeling betrayed by their leaders who botched the exit and effectively erased all of their efforts as we handed the country back to terrorist organizations, gifted them $85 billion worth of military aircraft, weapons, and equipment, and sacrificed many of the support personnel who were left behind with an unfulfilled promise that we would get them out. Time can never erase the images of those so desperate to flea Afghanistan that they died trying to cling to a C-17 aircraft as it took off from the Kabul Airport.