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Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures
Long running soap opera, "General Hospital," features Montana actors
Veteran actors Jeff Kober, left, and Wally Kurth, have both been in the profession for decades. They have more in common than that,...

Christene Meyers
Feb 4, 20216 min read
Autumn splendor: northern Rockies nature is at its showy best in fall
Autumn colors make a beautiful photo: chokecherries, wild rose, ornamental willow, aspen. POETS PAY HOMAGE TO COLORFUL FALL IN FULL GLORY...

Christene Meyers
Oct 23, 20203 min read


Museum of the Rockies Bozeman, Montana: college town, foodie haven, with nature, museums and more
"Big Mike" greets visitors to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, reopened since June. BOZEMAN's BOOMING: MONTANA'S FASTEST GROWING...

Christene Meyers
Oct 16, 20203 min read


Buffalo Bill Dam near Cody boasts spectacular views, history
The Buffalo Bill Dam and Visitor Center offers a sweeping view of the reservoir. Writer-photographer Rick Cosgriffe takes his camera for...

Christene Meyers
Oct 9, 20204 min read


Trek through Yellowstone Park, Covid times, yields familiar pleasure
NATION'S FIRST AND OLDEST NATIONAL PARK TREASURE DRAWS NATIVE DAUGHTER BACK AGAIN Bison grazing and the steam of geysers in the...

Christene Meyers
Aug 7, 20203 min read
Home on the range, COVID style: Montana's changed, nature remains
In the distance, center stage, Cookie greets the morning sun, mowing the lawn at High Chaparral, flanked by the mountains. BACK AT...

Christene Meyers
Jul 31, 20204 min read
MAY TIDINGS: Celebrate spring with centuries old tradition
In Denmark the Maypole tradition is all but extinct. Originally, a real tree was used as dancers greeted the spring. Happily, we found...

Christene Meyers
May 1, 20204 min read


Welk Theater's balm, calm, fun helps in best, worst times of our life
During a period of challenge, loss and tragedy, a fine production of "A Chorus Line" at Welk Theatre, buoys the spirits. This week's...

Christene Meyers
Jan 17, 20205 min read


New year's happiness around the world comes in lights, locks, libation
New Year's Eve lights are spectacular in Bangkok, from the beautiful hotels and a dinner cruise on the Chao Phraya River. Times Square in...

Christene Meyers
Dec 27, 20194 min read
Autumn Splendor: Around the world in a fall frame of mind
Autumn arrives in the northern hemisphere. Here, Norway's gentle slopes and hills resemble parts of Montana. FIND BEAUTY IN THE...

Christene Meyers
Sep 27, 20193 min read


Soothing surroundings of artists' home sets the tone for a creative day
The home of architect Wayne Gustafson and his artist wife Pamela is an oasis of calm and inspiration. INSPIRATIONAL HOME OF ARCHITECT AND...

Christene Meyers
Sep 6, 20193 min read
Making friends around the globe: how travel brings people together
Friends from the UK, John and Sue Speight, visited Cookie and Keller in Montana, where we took them exploring. We met on a Southeast Asia...

Christene Meyers
Jul 12, 20194 min read
Fabulous flowers: rain, rich soil yield blooming bonanza in the Beartooths
The lavender flowers of the lilac are associated with refinement, grace, elegance and grief. Walt Whitman's poem, "When Lilacs Last in...

Christene Meyers
Jun 28, 20193 min read
Magical Montana: Big Sky Country beckons road warriors
The approach to the place we cherish, tucked away in the Beartooths. "Montana has the kind of mountains I'd create if mountains were...

Christene Meyers
Jun 7, 20194 min read
Remembering: Poet's Garden honors legacy of a fine teacher
Flanked by Andy Schoneberg's bronze of Bruce Kemp Meyers, his widow Christene "Cookie" Meyers welcomes an overflow crowd to the first of...

Christene Meyers
May 3, 20194 min read
Hear ye, hear ye! State of the art help for hearing impaired people
AccuQuest hearing specialist Nathan Bruce-Black walks Bruce Keller through the steps in adjusting and monitoring his hearing aids. Keller...

Christene Meyers
Mar 29, 20194 min read
Autumn around the world offers color, light, bold but wistful change
Autumn in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana's Northern Rockies, with splendid color and snow already down. STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS...

Christene Meyers
Sep 28, 20182 min read


Tippet Rise 'piano man' keeps wealth of instruments in tune
Michael Toia is the full time piano tuner at Montana's acclaimed Tippet Rise Art Center. He keeps the priceless piano collection in top...

Christene Meyers
Aug 31, 20184 min read


Family reunion features music, laughter, food, tears, 88-year age span
Family reunion and birthday weekend for Cookie Meyers, center, featured 45 family and close friends for meals and music, and...

Christene Meyers
Aug 17, 20183 min read


Tippet Rise offers stunning contemporary art, music on working ranch
Internationally known sculptor Mark Di Suvero 's brightly colored "Proverb" has a pendulum element that moves. Happy after a recent...

Christene Meyers
Aug 10, 20183 min read
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