Some of the custom cutters might as well be singing that 70's Al Stewart tune, "On The Border". They're "waiting at the border" to head south to Vernon/Harrold, Texas. The equipment and crew are ready, the crops in Texas are ready (& have been since May 5th!), but the paper work is moving slower than molasses in January. In
I got a comment on one of my Puffman Blogs the other day. It was to the effect: "Puffman, I read your blogs. You ought to be on the stage...the next STAGE out of town". Speaking of "those kinds of stages"
Arbor Day comes from the Latin "ar bor", meaning tree. It originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska by Sterling Morton. The very first Arbor Day was held back in 1872 on April 10th, and it's said that one million trees were planted on that day
Libraries are something that we are all blessed with as Americans, and here in Shelby, we are most fortunate to have the services of the Toole County Library. Sometimes I like to say that the library building is "the building with the most stories in town"! And it doesn't even have an elevator! The Friends Of The Library will be holding their book sale this Thursday (5/3) at the white building, next to Hong Kong Chans
I'm returning to the Marias Heritage Center at 6 tonight (Tuesday) to read more Montana History. This evening, we'll be closing the curtain on "The Place Of Belonging" by former Montanan, former Great Falls and Conrad area resident, Jayne Pearson Faulkner
I always enjoy talking to my conservative friend, Jim Anderson, from Grizzly Sports down in Choteau on Monday mornings. This Monday around as quarter to 7, Jim's going to give his opinion on the Heritage Act. The G
No, it's not that old Charley Pride tune, it's a "snake report" that I received this morning (Thursday) here at the Puffman Blog desk. Tony, the infamous Snake Man and his wife were out at the dens last Sunday on the Gollehon place east of Brady, out there on Hell's Gulch Road
I was at the Heritage Center last evening (Tuesday) reading "Montana History" and we are fast approaching the end of "The Place Of Belonging", Jayne Pearson Faulkner's true life story of growing up with no father in 1940's Great Falls and then moving to a Conrad area farm (15 miles out of Conrad) when her mom marries into a longtime Conrad area farming family (Gundersons)
Berry Boy-In the Buffalo Days" is the name of the book and the book's author, Kathleen A. Connelly Kipp, is joining me this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:35 on the Puffman Show. Kathleen, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, resides on a working cattle ranch north of Browning and she'll be one of the featured performers/story tellers this weekend at the 18th Annual Montana Storytelling Roundup in Cut Bank at the high school
At least on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 7...that's when I'm reading Montana History at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. The book we're all enjoying these days centers around a young girl, growing up in Great Falls and Conrad in the early 1940's as she tries to find "her place of belonging"