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| View of new growth after a wildfire, with Lake McDonald and mountains beyond. Near Camus Road Gate, Glacier NP. |
Weather: Summer has arrived and the temperatures are hot (90 degrees). We are staying inside whenever we can.
Past updates about our trip to Montana:
Things we saw in Montana we've never seen before:
- Business: A Dog and Car Wash ("Auto-Mutt" in Kalispell)
- Business: Saddle Exchange
- Story about place name/legend: Hungry Horse
- Beautiful native place-names in Glacier NP:
- Sacred Dancing Cascade
- Going to the Sun Road
- Trail of Cedars (with Haiku Poetry)
- Bird Woman waterfall
- Heaven's Peak
- Roadside attraction: Ten Commandment Park and Welcome Center (Tacky with 25 billboards!)
- This: a far off rain storm and rainbow over Hungry Horse reservoir.
- Sign: Bear Crossing (Unfortunately, no bears crossed in front of us so we couldn't snap a real photo of them!)
Thank you Diane and John! We had dinner with Don's cousin and her husband last night. Right before we left for our three-week Montana + 50th Year High School Reunion trips, Diane's father, Bill, died from cancer. It was good to be with family to love up on each other during this tender time.
Dom Calata Way: This week we attended a service in Edgewood (a neighboring town) which renamed the road in front of their City Hall to honor our friend/relative who killed in the line of duty three years ago. We had the grandsons with us and Ian was profoundly touched by the service and cried big tears, remembering Dom. Dom's wife, Erin, is my cousin's daughter. In her remarks she challenged us to live the Dom Calata Way -- kind to everyone, always embracing life with enthusiasm and love, being people of out word.
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| Dom Calata Way Dedication service |
Books and blogging:
- Completed this week:
- How to Read a Book by Monica Wood -- This was last month's book club selection. Since I knew I would be in Montana at the time, I slowed way down on my listening. I enjoyed this story about friendship, forgiveness, and making one's way. I liked Wood's The One-in-a-Million Boy better. Audio. 4 stars.
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley -- My first book by Foley, an exciting, over-the-top, murder mystery set in Paris. My first book for 2025 Paris in July. E-Book. 4 stars.
- Currently reading:
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy -- What a heartbreaking story. I', slowly making my way through this one. 64% complete. Print.
- The Hearing Test by Eliza Berry Callahan -- A novella written in stream-of-consciousness style. The woman experiences sudden and permanent hearing loss. 83% complete. Print.
- A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson -- I am getting so much out of this classic devotional/study guide. 87% complete. Print.
- The Briar Club by Kate Quinn -- A book club selection. I've liked this author in the past so I have high hopes for this one. 15% complete. Audio.
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe -- Another book club choice. A nonfiction book about the "troubles" in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. 15% complete. Audio.
- Blogging (Note there are lots of reviews which I batched together):
- Sunday Salon, June 22, 2025 --- MONTANA
- Sunday Salon, July 6, 2025 --- Glacier National Park
- TTT: Books I'd Like to Reread
- Tanka-poetry reviews: What the Chicken Knows; Lunar New Year Love Story; The In-Between Bookstore; plus two others (5)
- Three Short Reviews: The Safekeep; The Dream Hotel; The Fifth Season (3)
- Review: Raising Hare: a Memoir (1)
- Review: The Antidote (1) If you read just one review, this is the one I hope you read.
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| Wildflowers of Glacier National Park |
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| Thinking about my upcoming 50-year class reunion, my younger sister, Grace, sent me this. Ha! Where has the time gone? |
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