A Youthful Perspective
ed Lodge is a town filled with talent. Writers, poets, artists, photographers, chefs. We've highlighted quite a bit of that talent right here in this very newspaper over the years.
Two pieces that have received short shrift (at least in the humble opinion of this editor) are poetry and short fiction (Cody Quarterline notwithstanding). And one demographic that's been under-represented has been the youth of our town.
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Artist Profile for December: Dominique Paulus
by Gary Robson
Red Lodge artist Dominique Paulus paints a wide variety of subjects, but she's always driven to the wild. She spends a lot of time walking or skiing out into the wilderness to look at birds and other creatures in their native habitat.
"I have to go out and observe things in the wild before I can paint them," she told us.
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Belted Kingfisher
by Nancy DesRasiers
The Belted Kingfisher is very striking, with a big head full of spiky blue-gray feathers and a large bill. Both the male and female have a slate blue breastband. The female has an additional rust-colored bellyband.
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Book Review: The Animal Dialogues
by Gary Robson
Some writers have the ability to let you see through their eyes. Their words paint such vivid pictures that the "1 picture = 1,000 words" formula is completely invalidated. Craig Childs goes beyond that. When reading "The Animal Dialogs," I was hearing what he heard, smelling what he smelled, and feeling what he felt. His is some of the most evocative nature writing I've had the pleasure of experiencing.
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Christmas Traditions
by Kathy Robson
Tradition! Tradition! So sang Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof." It really is what carries us from generation to generation. But have you found, as your family changes, that your traditions change, too?
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Editor's Page: A Vision of the Future
by Gary Robson
I was chatting yesterday with my partner/CFO (my lovely and talented wife, Kathy), and she told me that I really needed to develop a vision for the future of the Local Rag. I believe her exact words were, "Okay, so you bought a newspaper. Now what?"
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Faces in the Hall
by Vivian Beam
Why pretend? It's nearly December in Red Lodge; there is no gardening. In fact, we're still two months away from the arrival of seed catalogs, which encourage us with the thought that spring is only six months away.
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Fishing Report: Wade Quietly and Carry a Big Stick
by Craig Beam
Got a call tonight from a Red Lodge phone I did not recognize.
"This is Craig". Pause.
"This is Kevin Edmond. Do you remember Bev and me? We fished last summer."
Immediately I recognized Kevin's voice and remembered that day. "On the Stillwater, right?"
"Right"
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Gables Are More Than Plain Wood in Red Lodge Homes (and Churches)
by Gary Robson
Major architectural features define the exterior of a building. Making changes to porches, roof styles, garages, or sunrooms is extremely expensive, and subject to a wide variety of zoning laws and building codes.
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Is Rudolph Really Rhonda?
by Norman K. Shay
Way back in Nineteen Thirty-Nine,
the year Rudolph was born,
When Christmas stockings were all hung
awaiting Christmas morn,
Clement C. Moore in eighteen twenty-two
as clever as he was,
Had penned the Christmas fable,
"A Visit From Santa Claus."
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Musings From a Local Theologian
by Kim Wilker
Did you ever hear someone say, "I just made it On a Wing and a Prayer" and wonder what it means? Usually this connotes someone in a desperate situation in which they rely upon and hope for someone or something other than themselves to get them through. The phrase comes from a famous American World War II patriotic song by Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh about the story of a plane struggling home to base after a bombing raid.
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New Book From Laurel Poet Norman Shay
orm Shay is a prolific poet living in Laurel. His newest work, Winding Roads, is his fourth book of poetry.
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Ode to Willow Creek Trail
by David Kallenbach
The limestone palisades that stand like ancient fortifications mark where the plains end and the mountains begin. Here at this interface I begin a hike along the newest Forest Service trail on the Beartooth Front, a little giddy at my 'discovery'!
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Pigs? In Carbon County?
Around here, farmers will grow pretty much anything that can produce a decent cash crop. Alfalfa, oats, beans, sugar beets, feed corn, and more fill sections of land all around Carbon County. Ranchers, on the other hand, tend to focus on either beef cattle or sheep.
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Red Lodge Author to Sign Her First Children's Book
Jean Petersen has lived in Colorado and Montana since leaving Texas to attend Colorado State University. In her ten years in the Rockies, she's developed an affinity for the critters she has encountered, and a fascination with the footprints they leave behind.
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Round Man's Tribute to Stano Bustos
by Jim Kujala
As most of us by now know, we have lost one of Red Lodge's greatest friends, Stan Bustos. To some of us he was known as Stano or to some O Stan. I find myself writing this article on the eve of his passing and I must tell you it is with heavy heart and a vast amount of tears that I pen this.
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Stinky Responses to Last Month's Column
Last month's "Stop & Think" editorial ("Cry Stinky and Let Slip the Skunks of War") was about destruction of wildlife just because it smells bad. It appears that nobody wished to disagree with me--at least not in writing. Thus, I have the rare privilege of basking in the warmth of agreement without having any contrary letters to rain on my parade. Hopefully this month, somebody will be offended enough to take me to task. In writing.
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Symphonic Rock
by Gary Robson
When you hear the phrase "symphonic rock," what pops into your mind first? For many people, it's the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), who rocketed to popularity in the 1970s by laying violin, cello, horns, and woodwinds under their rock/pop music; or possibly Procol Harum's 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale," which built some of the framework for what would later become symphonic rock.
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The Saga of Cody Quarterline Part XVI
by Whispy McCloud
The Cody Quarterline story began in April of 2005, as a spoof article. Since then, it's been passed around, from one tale-spinner to another. Each new author has freedom to do whatever he/she likes with Cody, and frankly, we're still not quite sure what was in the linen bag, why the Leopard is after them, or what he's going to do about it.
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by Randy Tracy
Wine is becoming so popular that new vineyards are popping up all over the world. While it takes a few years to get good results, some fairly new operations are producing some great wines, and since they aren't famous or well-known--yet--they are a great value for the buck.
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by John Overton
The other day, I was browsing the local grocery and spotted a friend standing in front of the dairy case. I stopped to say hi, and noticed she was reaching for the eggnog. It suddenly dawned on me that it was Eggnog Time of the year.
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Get Your Buns Outside:
What Do You Do All Winter Long in Red Lodge?
by Marci Dye
A non-local customer asked me in the store the other day ?What do you do in Red Lodge all winter? Doesn?t it get to be too long? I mean really, what is there to do around here?? It took me a bit by surprise.
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Heirloom Recipes:
Nana Inga's Pepparkakor (Christmas Gingersnaps)
by Jay West
Swedes are very big on Christmas traditions. No matter how much novelty one finds in the rest of the year, by golly, Christmas foods better be the same every year. Pepparkakor are a traditional part of Swedish Christmases and both my grandmothers were Swedish. So you are probably thinking that this is a traditional recipe. Nope. Neither grandmother gave a hoot for Swedish tradition, and this is an American recipe.
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by Gene Rodman
Now that another glorious fall has passed and the trees are bare we look forward to--hopefully--much snow this winter. Snow offers some challenges to photographers, mainly because it's white. Anyone who has ever tried to paint a room or two in their house knows that there are many, many whites to choose from.
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Stop and Think:
The Not-So-Great Mall of Red Lodge
by Gary Robson
Did you notice something different about downtown Red Lodge this summer? Something that provides our quiet little mountain town with all the ambiance and charm of a tacky wannabe suburban shopping mall?
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