The crows are going crazy outside (I’ve decided they are American crows, not northwestern crows), and I’ve been reading Real Change, the weekly newspaper sold by homeless people in...
Thus far in 12 Cities, 1 Year, I’ve made a point of checking out American Indian culture in both Missoula and Seattle. While we were in Missoula, Todd and I attended the Standing Arrow Powwow...
Missoula is known as the Garden City, and when Todd and I were there from mid-July through mid-August, we had the pleasure of meeting several people who are helping to rebuild Missoula’s...
Note from 2015: This was originally a page about Missoula on the 12 Cities, 1 Year website, which no longer exists. All the pages and posts from 12 Cities, 1 Year, can be found on this site or...
UM FLAT house is the beginning of what University of Montana students hope will become an ecovillage dedicated to sustainable living. It’s an innovative project, akin to the Living City Block...
When Todd and I first began exploring the neighborhood where we are renting in Missoula, we were struck by how different it seemed. It wasn’t completely suburban: we could go across the street...
For Missoula, the answer is five. At least. There’s one on Tuesday night, two on Saturday morning (not counting the art market, called the People’s Market), and two on Sunday morning. We...
As someone said to me the other day, “The weather is so crappy in Montana during the winter that people don’t want to be inside in the summer.” That explains the crowd at Downtown...
On Sunday, Todd and I went to the Standing Arrow Powwow on the Flathead Indian Reservation, north of Missoula, home to the Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d’Oreille tribes. (“Salish”...
For me, the last six months have shown me the myriad forms my anxiety can take. Some of it has to do with my family in Kansas City; I worry about them constantly, but it does no one any good. Most of...