It is getting harder to put together a Halloween costume. You are probably feeling the pressure about now. It’s only a couple of weeks away.

The mild weather continues here in south-central Montana. The weighted clouds on this overcast Monday morning hint at rain. They remind me it’s time to do another lap in the garden to peek under the leaves and see what treasures are waiting to be discovered. Nature rewards our season-long ef…

Dear Michael: Recently, my father passed on. My mother had died some years ago. She had no will at the time of her death, but my father received everything anyway, so it did not matter.

Finally, the “dog days” of this year’s July and August are over. Rover had a very large litter! One of my dad’s favorite sayings on that subject was when he and my two brothers and I came in from a full, sweaty, hot day of hand-pitching hay racks full of loose hay, then pulling those loads o…