adventure

April 6, 2018

Andy and I are both now in our fifth decade! We’re still trying to sort out that big trip — we grabbed some crazy cheap tickets ($470 from Missoula!) to

October 18, 2017

A Letter to the Editor, published in the Missoulian a few weeks ago: A summer of raging Montana wildfires has us thinking about the air we breathe. But more than

September 14, 2017

Hey! Hi. It’s been a while. Truth is I’m nervous every time I publish anything, but especially when it’s been a while. No matter how many times I make things

June 22, 2017

What do you love about camping? Margot: Getting to go wherever we want. Like, when we know a place really well so we know the cool spots to check out

May 31, 2017

We hunkered down at home for the long weekend. Herds of wet, hungry kids passing through our kitchen every 30 minutes, at least 429 weeds pulled, 4 rows of beet

April 26, 2017

The Make Pie workshop happened a few weeks ago.     Ten women gathered in a warm farmhouse kitchen tucked in the snowy Bitterroot mountains.     Some had made

April 18, 2017

For years, we’ve witnessed the Missoula masses steer their winter-crusted vehicles south to the Utah desert for spring break. This year, we joined them. First we stopped off in Boise

April 6, 2017

Ten years ago a friend told me she thought I might like to have a blog. To keep track of my garden triumphs and woes. I didn’t really know what

March 2, 2017

A few weeks ago my daughter’s jump rope team performed at a basketball game on the college campus. I’d known about this for weeks and I predictably found myself on

January 3, 2017

nuggets: bits of the season, in photos and words The last few months have flown by around here. My busy season of making and shipping, two little girls’ birthday parties,

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