Results for keyword: rural life
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A second chance at love: A review of Liberty Lanes
Liberty Lanes, Robin Troy's second novel, tracks the lives of a group of senior citizens in a small Montana town.
by Phyllis Barber, Jan 22, 2012 -
Love and loss on a Wyoming ranch: A review of Lime Creek
Lime Creek, Joe Henry's ravishing first work of fiction, is filled with exquisite snapshots of life on a Wyoming ranch.
by Jenny Shank , Dec 25, 2011 -
Home on the range
In one Montana family, it's a father-daughter Thanksgiving tradition to do things like build makeshift ramps to help trapped wild animals escape from stock tanks.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, Dec 05, 2011 -
Aspiring farmers find creative ways to succeed
Sarahlee Lawrence and Amy Ridout are part of a wave of young farmers determined to remake the American food system.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 27, 2011 -
Farm incubators help would-be farmers succeed on their own
Viva Farms is a "farm incubator" in Washington's Skagit Valley that helps aspiring cash-poor farmers like Nelida Martinez start and successfully operate their own businesses.
by Jennifer Langston, Nov 28, 2011 -
Thanks to Obama, cattlemen lose out
Proposed rule changes that would have made it easier for small-scale ranchers to compete with giant meatpacking corporations just went down in flames.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 21, 2011 -
When the bear comes too close to home
It's easy to love wild animals like bears until they actually start eating your chickens and coming a little too close to your family for comfort.
by Dev Carey, Nov 08, 2011 -
Mapping the Hi-Line: A review of Honyocker Dreams
Writer David Mogen sets out to understand his childhood and his rural ancestors, who lived along Montana’s Hi-Line, just below the Canadian border.
by Andrea Clark Mason, Oct 30, 2011 -
To die fighting: a review of Jesse's Ghost: A Novel
In Frank Bergon's new novel, a young man in California's Central Valley is haunted by the memory of his best friend, whom he murdered.
by Tara Rae Miner, Oct 30, 2011 -
Living the news, publishing every week
Across the nation, small, understaffed newspapers like Washington's Methow Valley News work to bring local news to their rural readers.
by Don Nelson, Oct 27, 2011






