A Summer in Yellowstone 3: The Adventure Continues!
by Patty Mills
Oh how I love my days off! While workdays in the park can be filled with interesting happenings, and a flurry of activity, days off can be whatever I imagined them to be in this wonderland of adventure. I get to join the thousands of visitors who travel the 466 miles of park roads and let Yellowstone determine what the day will hold. While that might not sound fun to some, it's like showing off my backyard to family and friends.
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A Year in the Life of a Beartooth Firefighter
by Drew Brown, Assistant Fire Managament
Fire management for the Beartooth Ranger District spends much of the winter and spring preparing for the field season when on-the-ground work can be accomplished and the fire season is in full swing.
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An Interview with Ivan Long
Ivan Long is a local artist best known for his colorful paintings of long-legged horses. We caught up with him for a chat as he was bringing three new paintings in for a showing at Red Lodge Books.
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Anna's Story: Part Two
by Becky Hardy
In part one of Anna's Story last month, Becky introduced us to her Tibetan friend, Sandoop Lama, and a beautiful little girl in a remote village in the Himalayas of Nepal who desperately needed a new home.
Before sunrise, I woke to the smell of burned yak butter lamps. My eyes slowly focused on yellowed photographs of the Dalai Lama, then through the window to a looming monastery amid snowcapped peaks. I was waking in the Lama family's prayer room, where honored guests sleep. I was grateful this day had come, the "turn around" point on my trek. It could also mark the beginning of a new life for a helpless four year old Nepali girl.
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Red Lodge Festival of Nations 2010: Alte Kamaraden
The name, ALTE KAMARADEN (Old Comrades) is but one of many names commonly used to identify an old-fashioned, brass-woodwind band that has performed regularly every year in Red Lodge since around 1896, and were invited this year to perform at the 2010 National Folk Festival.
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Red Lodge Festival of Nations 2010: Boulder Acoustic Society
BOULDER ACOUSTIC SOCIETY's music is haunted by the past and focused on the future.
It's indie-folk that draws from Appalachian roots, gritty gospel and the contemporary urban soundscapes. BAS merges tradition with innovation, producing a unique sound and an unforgettable live entertainment experience.
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Red Lodge Festival of Nations 2010: Fishtank Ensemble
The LA Weekly calls FISHTANK ENSEMBLE "cross pollinated gypsy music....one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet." Formed in 2005, the band includes two explosive violins, the world's best slap bass player, musical saw, flamenco and gypsy jazz guitar, trombone, opera, jazz and gypsy vocals, accordion, and one little banjolele.
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Red Lodge Festival of Nations 2010: Four Shillings Short
Travelling musicians with a carload of instruments are nothing new in the world of folk music, but what if one of those instruments is a Sitar from India or a Renaissance Crumhorn? FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT has an ever-increasing array of instruments
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Red Lodge Festival of Nations 2010: Igor & Red Elvises
IGOR & RED ELVISES started as a Russian group, playing what they dubbed "Siberian Surf Rock." Since then the band has included musicians from many other countries including United States, Israel, Puerto Rico and Bulgaria, to name just a few.
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Red Lodge Festival of Nations 2010: Maroon Bells Morris Dancers
The MAROON BELLS MORRIS DANCERS follow the Fieldtown tradition of Morris dancing. Fieldtown is a village in the Cotswold or southern coastal region of England. Since the Maroon Bells Morris are Cotswold dancers they wear the customary white costume, or kit, and dance both stick and hankie dances.
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by Randy Tracy
Plum Creek is a nice winery, friendly and unpretentious, with a very affectionate black cat that kept visitors entertained.
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by Jeff Ewelt
I love a good tune. You name it and I'll usually listen to it. Music is great for the soul and can always be paired to your mood. It's especially fun now to see my little mini-me as he learns the fundamentals of swinging to those tunes. Sadly, at 21/2, he already out-dances his dear old dad.
That said, as with most things in this world, humans came into music a little late. Animals had been singing eons before us.
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Heirloom Recipes:
Greek Potatoes, Hot potato salad with herbs & spinach
by Jay West
Combining summery herbs, lemon, spinach garlic and potatoes, there's enough work in this family recipe for it to be a Sunday dinner dish rather than a weeknight meal,. It works as a hot side dish or as a wilted-spinach salad.
Although this is a family recipe, none of us are Greeks, as everybody knows from my Smorgasbord articles. So, is this really a Greek recipe? Who knows? Today, if you Google "Greek potatoes," you'll get 90,000-plus hits.
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by Jeanne Thomas
Dorci Newman Tremblay is truly a painter's painter. Born into a New England family of accomplished artists, she has always had a studio and was encouraged by both teachers and family to pursue an artistic calling. She taught art for over 32 years before retiring to Red Lodge to focus on her own work.
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by Gene Rodman
For photography there is no bad month in Montana. Although the heat of August has never appealed to me, it gives me an excuse to head into the mountains. Bringing a camera with me has always been my standard procedure. My pack is usually the heaviest of the group because I insist on bringing a tripod. If you have read any other of my articles you know I recommend having and using one. Getting a good image has always been more important than my comfort.
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by Clare Witcomb
When Gary told me that the theme of this issue of the Local Rag was to be music, I thought, Now, how am I going to do that? Then I thought of the word "medley." It means "a mixture of things not usually placed together." Medley is also a musical term, so I hope this column passes muster.
The "mixture of things" includes recycling, sudden aspen decline, climate change, conservation, and the upcoming Solar Flare.
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by Corey Thompson
As we do most summers, we've had a lot of motorcycles through town. No matter the make of bike, Harley or BMW or Kawasaki, or whatever, what kind of tunes are they listening to as they cruise along? Here's a very unofficial, random sampling of bikers that were here for the 16th Annual Beartooth Rally. They were each asked if they listened to any tunes while riding, and if so, what were they listening to?
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by Ryan Sankey
No matter how long I am in the midst of the fashion world, I still bear considerable bias toward "Western" wear. This snobbish judgment is deeply rooted in my life among some people I consider to be legitimate cowboys and a steadfast dislike of those who pretend to play the part
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by Doug Robson
Inception is the latest hurdle in acclaimed director Christopher Nolan's track. He's directed such movies as Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight, all of which I loved to pieces.
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