EcoRover

Stories and photos about life along the Continental Divide in Montana between the Clark Fork (westslope) and Big Hole (eastslope) Rivers. Fresh back from a Fulbright in South China, I am looking at American culture/nature through new eyes. Backpacking, cross country skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking... this is the story of a 4-season outdoors person.

29 January 2010

Skywatch Friday: Rosy Fingered Dawn and other myths of my day

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Each morning, Eos rises from her Oceanic home. With rosy fingers, she opens the gates of the sky for Apollo's sun-chariot (as with this ...
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The Moulton Cross Country Ski Trails

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Cross country skiing is a real terroir recreational feast. Historically, at least, trails tended to fit the local culture and terrain. I...
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Friday Fiction: Pardner, Everyone's New Friend

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We all have had the experience. You befriend a man, let's call him "Pardner." Perhaps Pardner is a new neighbor, you work with...
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15 January 2010

Help for Haiti: Plea from an Orphanage

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Mrs Rover is a licensed MSW therapist. As part of her private practice, she helps with adoption certification. She has certified a number of...
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14 January 2010

Skywatch Friday: Skyblue Pink

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When asked his favorite color, Gramps would always reply, "sky-blue pink." Though he may have first heard about this color in a ch...
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Back on Skis

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My nasty knee cut came at a really good time. The snow wasn't too good yet, there was some intitial tear-out/plumbing/electrical work to...
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Our Old Yellow Kitchen

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Poor Mrs Rover. When we bought our house in Walkerville, Montana, the only thing she REALLY didn't like about it was the kitchen. Our ye...
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08 January 2010

Skywatch Friday: Mountain Town in Winter

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Nighttime temperatures have been around -20 deg F (-30 deg C) in the small Rocky Mountain city of Butte, Montana. After the first cold spell...
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03 January 2010

Happy (Ouch!) New Years!

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[Caution: if you're averse to seeing wounds, please skip this entry.] The Moulton ski area just north of Butte, Montana, has been pick...
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30 December 2009

Blue Moon Ski

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Calendars, of course, are social constructions--more or less arbitrary things for imposing the human animal's rational concept of time o...
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Eco, from the Greek oikos: home, with a connotation of wholeness. Once upon a time I lived at the headwaters of the Allegheny River and roamed the hardwood forests. Now I roam the mountains, rivers, and prairies of the northern Rockies. Disclaimer: I am a professor with Montana Tech in Butte, but nothing posted on this site should be construed as an inference that I am speaking for the institution.
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