What Makes Me Laugh

Here’s the thing. I could be wrong about this. Way wrong. So wrong that I can imagine a laughing advice columnist sputtering coffee all over my letter before she advises medication. And yet, I wonder if I’m right? I wonder if our neighbors really don’t like us. I mean, really? Who wouldn’t like us? We live [...]

Just not at the same time. This is what traveling in Montana is like. One night you’re picking up a thin, white terry-cloth towel from a hotel when you notice a warning sign posted in the bathroom that says, “Please do not use the ‘white linens’ for removing makeup or cleaning your shoes. That’s what [...]

  I thought that Flight of the Conchords  had the funniest tourism posters, but my own state has outdone the brilliant comedians.  Travel Montana, which is in charge of promoting Montana to tourists, is running a series of magazine advertisements featuring scenic Glacier and Yellowstone National Park photographs and the slogan “Montana: There’s Nothing Here” [...]

  It’s been a long winter in Montana. It started snowing in October and it’s still snowing at the end of April. This morning I heard the dreaded “winter storm warning” on the radio again and cringed. Fortunately, I am now the proud owner of a full-spectrum lamp that helps mimic the sun, but it [...]

My mom just called to share the latest family news and some funny tidbits emerged when she asked me to, “Guess what?” – My nephew is dating a goat tyer on his college’s rodeo team and wants to go to Las Vegas with her for spring break. The family has already checked out her profile [...]

Each year about October, the light starts to fade in Montana and darkness drifts into our mornings and evenings like an unwelcome snake. Frankly, it makes me a little crazy to go to work and come home in the dark. By the time Christmas rolls around I’m eating enough sugar to make me susceptible to adult-onset diabetes and am crying [...]