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Pony, MT, situated at the base of the Tobacco Root mountains, is named for a guy known either as Tecumseh Smith or Smith McCumpsey, but known in those parts as “Pony,” because he was such a runt.
In June, 1866,…"
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Mike Anderson replied to Ednor Therriault's discussion 'Off the Trail: Encounters With Montana's Weird and Wild History'
Mike Anderson replied to Ednor Therriault's discussion 'Off the Trail: Encounters With Montana's Weird and Wild History'
"Elkhorn to Great Falls to Nevada City - Charlie Hoffman's Barber Shop
Charles "Charlie" W. Hoffmann was the Elkhorn’s barber, arriving around 1870, shortly after his naturalization in San Francisco. His shop was across…"
Mike Anderson replied to Ednor Therriault's discussion 'Off the Trail: Encounters With Montana's Weird and Wild History'
"A couple of years ago, on a Bobcat-Grizzly weekend, I took two Panamanian ladies and a guy who'd never been west of Philadelphia to the New Atlas. Part of a whirlwind trip from Billings to Bozeman and Manhattan and back. Mind you,…"
Mike Anderson replied to Ednor Therriault's discussion 'Off the Trail: Encounters With Montana's Weird and Wild History'
"Some places worth stopping:
1) Carter County Museum, Ekalaka - one of 5 duck-billed Hadrosaurs found in the U.S., one of 3 known armored dinosaurs - a Nodosaur, along with my grandson's favorite, fossilized coprolites.…"
Mike Anderson replied to Lisa Simon's discussion 'The Power of Poetry - Part 1, "Undertaker"'
"Lisa -
I may have stepped on a landmine. I think that we have a choice in reading this poem whether to look inward or outward. We don't have to commit to one or the other, even to ourselves. Each reading offers an…"
Mike Anderson replied to Lisa Simon's discussion 'The Power of Poetry - Part 1, "Undertaker"'
"Grief is a democratic wrecking ball of loss, love, guilt and a soul-shattering understanding of the disposability of all we hold dear, including ourselves. - Deborah Jerome, "The Solitude of Grief," obit-mag.com, 4/4/2011, review of…"
Mike Anderson replied to Lisa Simon's discussion 'The Power of Poetry - Part 1, "Undertaker"'
"One more perspective - from Thomas Lynch, a Michigan "funeral director" and fine writer. From his book The Undertaking: Life Lessons from the Dismal Trade:
A man that I work with named Wesley Rice once spent all of one…"
Mike Anderson replied to Lisa Simon's discussion 'The Power of Poetry - Part 1, "Undertaker"'
"Lisa's 3/26 posting asks about the point of view of the undertaker. Here's a perspective:
The Undertaker’s Wife - Jacqueline Henry
You wash your hands before coming to bed.
It’s late and you try to be…"
Mike Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"When I look at the waitress who brings us our "porgies" and red beer...
I don't see her as Hugo's slender "girl" whose hair lights up the wall...
Our server is a gruff woman, probably with grandkids at home,
working…"
Mike Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"... the town is upright in my line of vision
like a page in a pop-up book...
the...way a poem comes off the page and goes
three-dimensional in the mind.
-Frances McCue
Nobody should think at 2:00 o’clock in the morning. But there it was,…"
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"Thanks for joining the Roundtable, Mike--enjoy reading around on the site--and feel free to jump into discussions or to post blogs. Ken"
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- At 2:31pm on August 9, 2010,
Ken Egan said… - Thanks for joining the Roundtable, Mike--enjoy reading around on the site--and feel free to jump into discussions or to post blogs. Ken
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