January 2025
Tim Ford
As we welcome 2025, many people are making New Year’s resolutions to improve their lives—and for some, this means taking steps toward home ownership or investing in real estate. Whether you’re dreaming of buying your first home…
January 2025
Angie Ripple
As the new year begins, it’s time to embrace the boundless opportunities ahead and live out loud! Each January brings a renewed sense of hope—hope for brighter days, for positive change, and for a deeper connection to the places and…
January 2025
Steve McGann
Last November, in a baffled state of mind, I gazed at a political map of Montana and realized the reason for one of the sparse blue sections. Hoping for some inspiration, some hope, I searched the bookcase for a biography of the most respected…
January 2025
Rendering of "The Guthrie" at 5th and Villard presented by Home Base at Bozeman City Commission meeting July 9th 2024
I live in an old house on the north side of Bozeman, and this winter I find myself in a bit of pickle.Six weeks ago, I…
January 2025
Sydney Jones
With a fresh start to a brand new year, we all get the opportunity to look forward to another 12 months, each filled with different ceremonies and celebrations. With a January birthdate myself, I am no stranger to the way winter birthdays sometimes…
January 2025
Mary Ellen Fitzgerald
Montana winters vary. Some can be cold and miserable and others warm and balmy. Having lived in Gallatin County all my life, I have experienced all kinds. On Christmas Day 1969 there was no snow on the ground and, with the rain, it felt like a spring…
December 2024
Sydney Jones
This December, Montana TheatreWorks and The Ellen Theatre present ten wonderful performances of the beloved Broadway musical, Annie. Opening Wednesday, December 11th and running Wednesday through Sunday through December 22nd, the show offers a…
December 2024
Jessica Cairoli
Hallmark movies are a corny Christmas staple, and have been nationally heralded for decades, and although they’re not everyone’s cup of hot cocoa, it’s impossible to deny their lasting cultural…
December 2024
Angie Ripple
Driving down Willson Avenue on a winter evening in December is something I look forward to each holiday season. I love the curve of the road heading toward downtown, winter’s leafless tree canopy, stoic historic homes on either side, and a…
December 2024
When the West calls, Bozeman, Montana answers. But what does it say, exactly?There is not a specific reason I’m able to put my finger on, yet, certainly, answers abound. Is it the towering mountains, which in the winter months will begin to…
