March 2018
There is only one aquifer serving the Gallatin Valley. The population of the Gallatin County is expanding at a rapid rate, which will put a severe strain on our most valuable natural resource, water. Rural valley inhabitants, along with many city and…
February 2018
The Civil Rights Movement, or “the movement” as we referred to it for most of my adult life, embodies the history, actions, defeats and victories, the glory and grievous injustice, and, yes, the tragedies, of that portion of…
December 2017
Jerry Schuster
Have you been thinking about your Christmas gift ideas for family and friends? Okay, it’s a dumb question, of course you have. Just checking to see if your mind is alert.Here are some gift ideas for you, the good and faithful readers of Bozeman…
November 2017
Jerry Schuster
A few days ago, I had the strangest dream. In this dream, Theresa and I were walking hand in hand while strolling along with an enormous crowd enjoying Bozeman’s “greatest holiday tradition”…the annual Christmas Stroll and…
October 2017
On Monday, October 9th, the City Commission will determine the fate of the controversial, precedent-setting Black Olive development application for a five-story downtown apartment building abutting historic south Bozeman. The project…
September 2017
Your ‘Job’ and You
You think your work is XYZ or finding a way to make $$ and ‘support’ yourself.It’s not.Your essential work at this point in time is to cultivate Consciousness and bloom.We do this by generating as…
August 2017
Jerry Schuster
They’ve been here a couple of months already. You know who I am talking about; don’t be so coy. Okay, its tourists. According to my Funk and Wagnalls, a tourist is a person traveling or visiting a place for pleasure. For…
July 2017
What's Your Beef?
Anyone you meet around town can tell you a story of the moment they fell in love with the Gallatin Valley. It’s something the ones living here for generations understand very well. It’s not a magazine article, or even an old Robert…
June 2017
What's Your Beef?
Jerry Schuster
One of the songs I remember from my childhood days in northeastern Montana is “Cool Water” by the Sons of the Pioneers. Yes, for you naysayers, we had radio and records back then, so get over it. Some of the lyrics of that song seem so…
March 2017
Jerry Schuster
Well, it is here folks; we have our first look at the plans for spending $144 million (probably more) for two Bozeman high schools. Just to give you some perspective, I will take you to “old town” (which is Wolf Point in northeastern…
