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A Nice Thing

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:03 +0000

I’ll be up at the Marias Heritage Center this evening (Tuesday) at 6 o’clock, reading more “Montana History” & continuing with our current read, “Glacier From the Inside Out: Best stories from The Inside Trial” edited by Ray Djuff & Chris Morrison, a truly delightful presentation. “Montana History” reading at the Heritage Center is certainly [...]

Make Me Laugh Bill

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:21:31 +0000

Funnyman Bill Cosby is coming to Great Falls this November. Tickets for his show went on sale last Wednesday, & if the pace of ticket sales in other Montana cities is any indication of how Great Falls & north central Montana respond, then those wishing to see Bill Cosby "in person" will want to purchase their tickets NOW! That's what the Event Chairperson, infamous media celebrity Norma Ashby, tells me, & my good friend, Norma, will be joining me this afternoon (Tuesday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show. If it's a

Strange Complex Moving

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:39 +0000

It could well be an apt description of a typical afternoon on the Puffman Show, but in this case, it's how the new novel, "Sunday Girl" is described by The Literary Consultancy They write that this tome from Kalliope Lee that I'll be giving away this afternoon (Monday) at 4:30 on my Puffman Musical Trivia, is a "strange, complex & moving novel that's immensely readable & that authorKalliaope Lee has created a believable, mysterious world with moments of real dram & poignancy." "Sunday G

We're All Brothers In This Revolution

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:30 +0000

That's what we used to say back in the 60's, but today I'm blogging about the REVOLUTIONARY new "FOOD book", "Voices of the Food Revolution: You Can Heal Your Body and Your World with Food"! Pioneering food & social activist, Huffing Post contributor, & bestselling author John Robbins, along with his son, Ocean Robbins, sits down with 21 of the world's leading experts working on food issues & policy today, in "Voices Of The Food Revolution", due for nationwide release next month. Each contr

It's Like The Ricky Nelson Tune

Jerry Puffer — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:03 +0000

It’s a regular “Garden Party”! I’m blogging about the annual Chester Garden Club Plant Sale scheduled for this Monday. The Annual Chester Garden Club Plant Sale will be held at Our Saviors’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall from 10 in the morning until 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon. It’s going to be a lot of fun [...]

It's Round Ball This Weekend

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:54:11 +0000

The Ethel Aimsback Coed Memorial Basketball Tourney is underway this weekend up here in the Golden Triangle. The tournament kicks off today (Friday) & continues through this Sunday in the Heart Butte School. This is an important event here in north central Montana & one you & the family can certainly enjoy. For more information [...]

I'm Doing It Again

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:13 +0000

I have ONE(!) copy left of the hardcover book on the Yankee Clipper, Joltin" Joe, that I'll be giving away tomorrow morning, Saturday, on "Puffman Sports Trivia" at 7:30. This is a cool presentation by Tom Clavin that just hit the major bookstores this week! "The DiMaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream" is a "home run" for sure! Simon & Garfunkel famously asked, "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" I've got the answer to that...i

Neighbor Helping Neighbor

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:19:52 +0000

That’s what we do & how we live out here in the Big Sky. There’s going to be a chicken fried steak dinner fundraiser tomorrow (Friday) night over in Cut Bank at the Cut Bank Moose Lodge. This fundraiser is for Daniel Omeasoo in order that Daniel can attend Camp Pemi this summer. It’s always [...]

I'm Buying A New Vehicle

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:59:06 +0000

My friend, Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, tells me for that for the 1st time in the history of humankind, each & every person on the face of this Earth can own their very own FULL SIZE actual New York City Taxi Cab! I'm going to get all the details when I have the Gab Man on my program this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:45. I

A Report From The Field

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:41:35 +0000

“Talkative” Todd, the custom cutter guy from up north of the border, says he’s ready to move south. Todd said that there is no rush to get there, other than to take a “look-see” at the crops. The “experts” are talking a 37 bushel average(!) while the producers are jacking their jaws about 5 to [...]

I Have My Chef's Hat On

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:18 +0000

I’m giving away the FIRST book in Anthony Bourdain’s line of books this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:30 on “Puffman Musical Trivia”! It’s a beautiful coffee table presentation put together by Texas Monthly’s Barbecue Editor, Daniel Vaughn, with really neat photographs by Nicholas McWhirter. The book is “The Prophets of Smoked Meat”. “Publishers Weekly blasts that [...]

Tuesday Night At The Heritage

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:41:01 +0000

I'll be back up at the Marias Heritage Center this evening, Tuesday, reading more "Montana History" & I can't wait to get back into our current book, "Glacier From the Inside Out". We should be finishing up this great adventure in the next couple of weeks & I'm already hoping that it never ends! The stories in this tome from The Glacier Park Foundation are ALL 1st person accounts covering a century of park history as told by those who know glorious Glacier the best, the Insiders. They t

Winter Is A Winner

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:28:14 +0000

I’m happy to pass along on my Puffman Blog that Shelby’s own Al Winter has been chosen “The 2013 Shelby Senior Center Citizen Of The Year”! We’re all invited to come CELEBRATE with Al this Wednesday at noon at the Shelby Senior Center. If you ask me, Al’s been on the “winning track” for quite [...]

You're The Boss

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:34:55 +0000

That’s what one of my Mayo Clinic Physicians always tells me…”You’re the boss, Mr. Puffer”.. It sounds great(!), but I’m never quite sure if it’s really true. I DO know that I CAN be “The BOSS” of my food & actually put my food to work for ME, after reading Dr. Gary R. Epler, M.D.’s [...]

Take The Plunge

Jerry Puffer — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:48:56 +0000

We’re happy to announce that the Shelby Water Otters Swim Team will be holding their 2013 signups this Monday from 3:30 to 6 o’clock at the Shelby Elementary School Cafeteria. The 2013 sign ups for the Water Otters are for kids ages 5 to 18. There’s nothing more fun than the water & we’re ready [...]

Where Have U Gone Joe DiMaggio

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:00 +0000

Simon & Garfunkel were wondering about that back in 1968. Well, for one thing, the man’s in a book! And not just the infamous “Yankee Clipper”, but also his 2 brothers to boot!. The new hardcover from HarperCollins Publishers is “The DiMaggios:Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream”. The author [...]

Welcome Aboard Marc Magliari

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:56 +0000

The Media Relations Manager for AMTRAK Government Affairs & Corporate Communications, Marc Magliari, is joining me this afternoon (Friday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show. Just like I’m a “Real Radio Man”, my friend Marc, is a “Real Railroad Man”. Marc is no stranger to Shelby (he’s been through here on AMTRAK numerous times!) & [...]

Riding The Rails

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:33:36 +0000

THIS Saturday, May 11th, will mark the 5th annual National Train Day, a date chosen to mark the anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike out in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad in the United States. The “Golden Spike”…that would be a good name for a bar(!), but that’s [...]

Call Me A Cab

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:47:06 +0000

Better yet, I’ll call a cabdriver! I’ll be putting through a call to Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, this afternoon (Thursday) on the Puffman Show. I’ll try to get a hold of Pete around a quarter to 5 OUR time. That way, it will be the dinner hour on the east coast & the Gab [...]

What Is Farmacology

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:51:16 +0000

“Farmacology” is NOT the course Conrad area farmer Gary Gollehon majored in back in college! Rather it’s the title of the fascinating new hardcover book from Daphne Miller. “Farmoacology” doesn’t frighten me because I recently did a Puffman Blog on “Foodology”! Mller’s “Farmacology:What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health & Healing” is hot [...]