Pets

No attempt at humor here...it's the title of a great new book that showcases how dogs have become intimate parts of our lives & homes. "Sleeping With The Beast" is about a New England family that just happens to be comprised of a couple with 2 sons & 5 dogs-all cohabitating in one large farmhouse...

The Horse Show Minute with Rick Lamb is a popular feature, heard weekday afternoons at 4:15pm on K96-fm. Rick is looking for story contributions from listeners. Click HERE for details from Rick's blog.

World-renowned animal expert Jack Hanna, better known as "Jungle Jack", is on his way to Great Falls to present his program Tuesday, August 14th at 7 o'clock at the Mansfield Center and the infamous Norma Ashby is joining me on the Puffman Show tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 4:35 to share the details of Hanna's Great Falls visit...

I think one of the best things about doing radio here in the Golden Triangle, in rural Montana, is truly serving the wants and needs of our local listeners. This is what broadcasting has always been about and it still rings true to this day in Shelby, Montana...

We finished reading "The Place of Belonging" last evening at the Marias Heritage Center and we're already into "Montana Moments-History on the Go". It's a neat read written by Ellen Baumler. Ellen's the interpretive historian for the Montana Historical Society in Helena and the pages of her tome overflow with enjoyable historical vignettes that cover nearly everything important

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"...

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...

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...

Forensic behavior scientist Jan Schwartz, Ph.D., is my special guest this afternoon (Tuesday) at 4:35 on the Puffman Show. Jan's the author of the new book, "Last Summer With Oscar-An Adventure Story Of Love And Courage" dealing with the true life story of a 9 year old Golden Retriever's response to cancer...

The Dog Gone Walk 2012 is set to kick off this Sunday in Cut Bank. Bring man's best friend(s) and register Sunday afternoon beginning at 2. The entry fee this year is $5 and it's $10 per family with all proceeds going to the Cut Bank Animal Shelter  medical fund...

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"...

The book is a beautiful heart tugging presentation and I'm looking forward to this Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 when the author joins me live on the air on the Puffman Show. She's Jan Schwartz, Ph.D and Jan's penned the story of Oscar. This book is an adventurous true story of love and courage as Jan writes about her dog, Oscar, and the 9 year old Golden Retriever's response to cancer...