Items by John Clayton — 10 items
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How a small town resembles Facebook
Small towns and Facebook have a lot in common: Both are communities that thrive on gossip and sometimes display old-fashioned neighborliness.
by John Clayton, Jul 14, 2009 -
When you care enough to flush the very best
John Clayton is flushed with pride over the brand-new state-of-the-art toilet in his newly remodeled house.
by John Clayton, Dec 31, 2007 -
A cowboy girl still has the power to shock
Caroline Lockhart, who wrote best-selling Western novels in the 1910s, lived by her own tough code – going so far as to try to hire a hit man to bump off a rustler.
by John Clayton, Jun 25, 2007 -
Hold on: I'm on my cell
John Clayton finds that cell phones and small towns make an odd couple
by John Clayton, Jan 01, 2007 -
Relishing those idiosyncratic Western triumphs
The writer likes standing out in rural Montana in the most innocuous ways
by John Clayton, Aug 14, 2006 -
Garage sales lead to déjà vu all over again
The writer loves garage sales — even if he buys back his own stuff
by John Clayton, Jul 24, 2006 -
Welcome, podnah, to the Westernized West
The writer envisions a New West hotel going overboard with Old West lingo
by John Clayton, Dec 26, 2005 -
The glue in some small towns comes from a guy or gal in a truck
The writer hails the UPS man in his small Montana town
by John Clayton, Aug 29, 2005 -
In a small town, the police blotter can be big news
The writer learns more about his neighbors from a local paper’s police blotter
by John Clayton, Jul 25, 2005 -
Mickey Moose and the West’s newest frontier
The writer says eco-tourism in Yellowstone might — just might — be a good thing
by John Clayton, Apr 11, 2005






