I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Visiting my daughter and her family over the holidays, we all came down with the same illness. It was pretty bad and we were all sick for a week. I am the world’s worst patient. It seems this is especially the case when I am visiting my kids where I want to be the helping … Read more
He was my friend, the best man at my wedding. And then we lost touch for 35 years…
Larry Frame was born to a teenage, unwed mother on 17 August 1954. Shortly after his birth he was taken by an adoption agency. HIs mother was still in high school. My guess is that the decision to put Larry up for adoption was not hers. I do not know a lot about how Larry … Read more
In May of 2015 I sold my 1998 Jeep Cherokee (XJ). I was building Six-Shooter and the XJ was developing problems that were going to be expensive to fix…
DC3 Nathan B. Bruckenthal KIA 24 Apr 2004SM2 (SW) Christopher E. Watts KIA 24 Apr 2004BM1 (SW) Michael J. Pernaselli KIA 24 Apr 2004 SGT Regina Reali KIA 23 Dec 2006SGT Cheyenne C. Willey KIA 23 Dec 2006 Memorial Day – Remember the FallenVeterans Day is in November.
COVID-19 quarantine shuts down much of town retail in Dillon, MT. Agricultural business carries on with few changes. Quarantine creates pent up demand that very well might be the driving factor in reigniting the economy.
Recently discovered that the Feedburner was broken. That has now been fixed. Smittie
We moved to Montana in August 2018. We rented a classic old house that was built in 1920 something. February 2019 was the second coldest in history in Montana. The cold weather in Montana I expected. That part, I signed up for. On 01 February, the boiler in this classic old house went out. The … Read more
We contracted with First Priority Van Lines for a household move from Northern California to southwestern Montana. We scheduled the movers to come between 25 and 27 July 2018. First Priority told us a driver, truck and five workers would arrive on the 27th between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. We ordered First Priority’s “full … Read more
When I was young I wanted to be a cowboy. They told me there were no cowboys left in the world; I believed them. I was 37 years old when I discovered that they had lied to me. Saddest day of my life. I love cowboy culture.
At the end of May I left my job at Clover. Using money from Roku stock I will be moving to Montana to start a technology consulting firm that will help ranchers and livestock growers use and manage technology in their operations.
There will be new challenges but I will finally be living and working among the ranchers and cowboys.