November 2020
Joseph Montalbano
Being a student (or anyone really) on the first snow of the year is hard. Oftentimes, when fall is just about to peak and the pumpkin and cinnamon is starting to flow freely in my pies and cookies, four inches of snow hits overnight. That often…
October 2021
Steve McGann
There was a theme in last month’s issue of this magazine. Articles by Angie Ripple, Michael Gillan, and Christopher Dyrland-Marquis explored cooperation, samaritanism, neighborliness. In short, they all seemed to say: This is Montana…
September 2021
My 2 cents in regards to vaccinate or not to vaccinate...might get kinda long...I work two jobs. I work two very ridiculously American jobs. By day I manage a summer grazing operation. I am a ranch manager and a working cowboy. No shit. Doesn’t…
July 2021
The growing housing market in Bozeman creates tension, and we need one another to make it through the changes.
Emily Lewis
Some of us have memories of nights spent walking around Bozeman near the old Hardees and Blockbuster, with close comforts like curly fries, friends, and hot asphalt. We look at spots around town and feel the energy of old spaces. In our nostalgia…
May 2021
Hey honey, come over here. My friend will buy you a drink, but you’ve got to sit on his lap.” Some drunk guy at a bar said this to me when I was 16 and there singing with a band. I dealt, and still do deal with stuff like that a lot, and…
March 2021
I first moved to Bozeman in the late 90s. Like many young people I came in search of the American dream, or rather; I came in search of something greater than myself. I was immediately welcomed into the town by the residents and the culture. Everyone…
October 2020
Keturah Lamb
There was a drone hovering over our goat pen a couple weeks ago, and then later a federal agent opened our gates and went through our property without permission. We trust our neighbors, so these things wouldn’t usually worry me. The drone? Oh…
September 2020
As summer nears its end, families normally would be preparing their children for the start of the school year. This year, however, parents everywhere have been left wondering what this will look like, and more importantly, will it be safe. Bozeman is…
August 2020
From the beginning of humankind, women have supported other women as they birthed their babies. These support persons are known as “doulas.” Doulas are welcomed into homes, birth centers, and hospitals alongside a laboring woman and her…
May 2020
Families ripped apart....you didn’t protest.
Kids in cages getting sexually abused by ICE....you didn’t protest.
Black kids killed by cops...you didn’t protest.
Whole cities with poisoned water...you didn’t…