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Even with this horrible coronavirus making life different for most of us, it is reassuring that nature's cycles are right on target! Yes, the moon continues to go from new, crescent, half, gibbous,...

During this past week the ice in my yard pretty much all melted just in time for the new snow to lay on bare ground in piles! I think it must have dropped about 6-8 inches on Saturday! I took my...

Oh, the welcome raucous sound of the geese returning! Spring is on the way! Many antelope gathering up near mile marker 32-35! They look pretty good! The water in the Cottonwood Creek and Little...

Monday morning we woke to 27 degrees by the time I checked my thermometer and high winds and a very light snow that was falling from the west. Very stormy looking. Somewhere our spring popped back...

2-12. Greetings to all my readers! And a happy birthday month to Mark, our editor! The Loring Lutherans held their annual meeting on the 9th of February with a delicious meal after church and the...

Talk about a change of weather! The wind blew like crazy three or four days. The chinook wind started melting the snow and ice and I had a little creek running through my yard on Saturday and Sunday!...

1-22. Congratulations! We all made it through a brutal week of subzero temperatures and blizzarding conditions! It will certainly look up from now on! The sun dogs were phenomenal on Friday! The Lorin...

Loring Woman’s Club will meet at the home of Connie Wasson on Wednesday, January 15. One of the topics for discussion is the card party in April. I spent a few days in Billings this past weekend. I...

The Snowy Owls are interesting to watch. They sit on a post very quietly, just turning their heads every so often! But as soon as I start taking pictures of them it seems they know and take flight!...

12-25. A very merry Christmas to all! This week has been so busy, and the weather has been gorgeous for winter! The snow is getting packed down and very icy! I'm so careful when I have to walk outside...

The weather has been normal for December, cold and snowy. I can't complain! I'm always thankful for my neighbors out here in Loring. They keep the town cleared of snowdrifts in the streets and by the...

Happy December, everyone! Last Friday I went to Havre to pick up Cary Woodruff from the plane. He was taking some time off and spent several days at Loring. Lu Besel, Cary and I had a GPDM meeting on...

11-13. Greetings to all my readers and special thank you to the veterans past and present! Our freedoms are something that we take for granted, but these men and women have fought for them! Thank...

Let me just go on record right now, this changing time kicks my butt! I did remember to change my clocks, but my brain takes more time to change. Many cattle trucks have been traveling on the...

Autumn is here for sure, or is it winter? The high temperature has been in the sixties or fifties, with the lows in the teens and low twenties. The wind blew so hard that all the leaves blew off the...

Can you believe it? I’m in Arizona for a few days and reporting from my brother’s home. It is cool in the mornings and then it heats up to the low 90’s for the afternoon! Debbie Richau traveled...

Happy Columbus Day! It sounds like the Heritage Day celebration was successful in Malta. Jay and Whitney Blunt were among the celebrants from out here. We had our second snowstorm on Monday and I'm...

Happy October, all my autumn people! Let's hope that we have a month of wonderful fall weather before winter visits again! I've had two raucous blue jays in the yard the last couple of days! Very...

Wow! This will be a September to remember! Lots of snow, wind, rain and pretty much a mess for the ranchers and farmers! The snow was so wet and heavy that it broke two branches off my trees! It made...

Happy last day of summer and welcome to autumn! We have had an awesome week with the weather bouncing around a little. Hopefully, the crop can be harvested before the freezing temps of next week! Heat...

Our area was saddened again by the death of Marie Wasson on Thursday. Her funeral was on Monday. She lived on the North Bench Farms the whole time I was growing up! Then she and her husband moved to...

Congrats to Beau Simonson and the Mustangs on their recent win over Roundup! Kia Wasson played volleyball on Friday and Paige Wasson traveled with the junior high Mavericks all the way to the eastern...

And just like that, August is gone and September is here! The buck deer are starting to lose their velvet, the kingbirds have migrated and the grass has gone to seed! Wednesday, as I was waiting for...

The rainy season hit us like a huge wave from the ocean! Combining in the area has ground to a halt! The crops had been producing a nice yield, but I'm not sure how the average will end up. I always...

What a week! Sympathy to the Glenn Compton family and to the Justin Lucas family! Two huge funerals for the week. So much sadness. I spent the week house/dog sitting in Billings. I picked up Fran...