tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post483212465852832954..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Reading the Western NewsP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-47177129630858434032015-03-10T10:27:19.678-07:002015-03-10T10:27:19.678-07:00BB, I read your story to David, and we both LOL...BB, I read your story to David, and we both LOL'd, to put it in modern vernacular. "Stay tuned for the summary" was the perfect capper!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-4626991909536325242015-03-10T07:42:03.944-07:002015-03-10T07:42:03.944-07:00Those western rural areas are so interesting. Thos...Those western rural areas are so interesting. Those of us who pass by are often unaware of "that world". For years, we drove back and forth from Idaho to Wisconsin<br />every year: an interstate journey<br />with 3 kids in the back seat. One<br />year, they flew back and I drove<br />solo, having to work that week.<br />Even the interstate had few vehicles between Billings and Bismarck and the radio offered<br />only Rush Limbaugh. I finally found a station out of Baker, Montana, a burg some 80 miles<br />south that I had never heard of.<br />But between the country music<br />offerings, the young lady announcer promised that in the<br />next hour she would give the<br />"Hospital Report". The highway<br />there followed the Yellowstone<br />River for hundreds of miles;<br />the 'Roche Jaune' terrain of<br />ochre stones had grown as tedious<br />as Mr. Limbaugh..and my anticipation of the news of local hospital affairs grew with each<br />country song. Finally, after a<br />commercial for fencing, the big<br />moment came, "The Baker Hospital<br />reports that this week there were<br />no admissions and no releases."<br />..."Stay tuned for the summary"<br />I laughed out loud and pondered<br />whether the few folks who lived in that 6000 sq mi of stony back country were so tough that they<br />needed no medical care...or that<br />anyone at all actually lived there!<br />BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-68777283875811357332015-03-09T11:02:05.148-07:002015-03-09T11:02:05.148-07:00Dawn, I feel the same way -- real life, like ours ...Dawn, I feel the same way -- real life, like ours in Michigan, but at the same time very different. Barbara, I doubt VERY MUCH that the RANGE NEWS has noticed ME! Karen, the "season" here is, strangely enough, summer (I guess because kids are out of school, and families make big trips Out West), but the film festival is week after next -- fortunately for us!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-56679833765420057352015-03-09T06:21:40.018-07:002015-03-09T06:21:40.018-07:00So glad you are immersing yourself in local life. ...So glad you are immersing yourself in local life. That's so much more interesting than FB, I think. I was interested in the Film Festival and wondered if it's going to be in the winter or the summer. It made me further wonder whether winter is the big season there, with lots of snowbirds, or if summer is prime time, like Northport. Karen Casebeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002150769292672779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-85305646708720764772015-03-09T05:27:20.892-07:002015-03-09T05:27:20.892-07:00Great post! I love local newspapers! Should we lo...Great post! I love local newspapers! Should we look for your guest byline anytime soon?!Barbara Stark-Nemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017787052118941061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-42392539913809328032015-03-08T15:00:08.768-07:002015-03-08T15:00:08.768-07:00Look at the light in that last photo! Stunning! ...Look at the light in that last photo! Stunning! Thank you so much for sharing the items from the news...it's all real life, a life so different, and yet so much the same as ours back here. Interesting.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.com