February 2026

Open Doors Astrology February 2026

Kathleen Johns

Aries (March 21–April 19) The week surrounding February 13 marks a turning point in how you lead and love as Saturn enters your sign. Choose steady devotion over impulsive passion. Red Jasper grounds desire into lasting strength. “I build…

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January 2026

Letter From the Editor: WInter

Angie Ripple

As we enter into the nineteenth year of publishing a monthly magazine for the community of Bozeman, it is a little hard to believe we’ve been doing it so long. In 2007, with a 10-month old daughter, if you’d told me we would go on to…

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January 2026

A New Year in Real Estate

What to Watch, What to Ignore, How to Move Forward

Tim Ford

As we turn the calendar to a new year, many people naturally ask, “What will happen to the real estate market this year?” While no one has a crystal ball, the start of a new year is a good moment to step back, separate signal from noise…

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January 2026

A Sure Cure For The Winter Blues

The Montana State College Ski Carnival

Rachel Phillips

In 1954, the Montana State College Ski Club introduced an event to celebrate the sport they loved, and to boost student morale. Held annually in January or February, the Ski Carnival was a welcome mid-season break for students. Activities and events…

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January 2026

The Cabin Crazies Cure

Reclaiming Winter in the Rockies

Kathleen Johns

Winter in the Rockies is unlike winter anywhere else. It is long, dramatic, luminous, and deeply influential on our moods and daily rhythm. In places like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and the high Colorado ranges, winter doesn’t simply arrive…

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December 2025

Open Doors Astrology December 2025

Kathleen Johns

Aries (March 21-April 19) Opportunities for hard work and the riches that comes with it abound but take a break and reward yourself with some travel the 11th-20th. Curate holiday colors of Jade green and Carnelian red for happy journeying.Taurus…

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December 2025

Relax Christmas Is Twelve Days Long

Topher Sedlak

You know the feeling: You’ve worked for something so hard, or anticipated something so much that, when it finally comes, it’s a bit of a letdown. An anticlimax. Or, an event starts so early and drags on so long, even something good, that…

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