Things I am thankful for

I’m thankful for things both large and small -- the sun which warms me while I sit hunkered in the sagebrush waiting for that buck to show himself, and my family which keeps growing larger.

I’m thankful for the birds I missed that will be there tomorrow and for the one I hit that will feed me tonight.

I’m thankful to live in Montana where there remains country wild enough to swallow me up if I’m not careful, where the water and air are pure and sustain the wildest of life, and the climate is still extreme enough to keep out the riff-raff.

The strife and turmoil that embroil much...