Horse ‘n Writer

In times past, especially in the classical old west, one prominent tendency in training horses was to “break” the horse so that it can be ridden and work for the cowboy. To “break” the horse was to declare the cowboy the master and the horse the servant and make the...

Off to Washington! After a wonderful visit with Leon and Cherie and a mini-tour of NW Montana (I’ll cover that amazing visit in another blog), we headed west on I-90 toward cousin Paula's home. She urged us to take in the Grand Coulee Dam on our way to her home...

Crow Fair! As promised, here is a brief summary of a wonderful week we spent with our new Crow friends in Montana. The Crow was historically divided into three divisions and then clans. The clan we visited were the Bilikooshe (Whistling Water), under the Ashalaho...

Pre-Crow Fair Adventures I’m sitting at a fast food restaurant in Billings, MT, waiting for Char to wake up, and then we pack for the next leg of our journey through the western United States. We are telling stories about “Horses and Their People” and capturing...

Westward Ho, August 15, 2018 Hello to all! I’m writing to you from Billings, MT, where Char and I rested and shopped for groceries. Our mission here: see the sights around Billings, Hardin, and the Crow Agency and Reservation. Let’s catch up first. North Dakota...