"Grace, I give you
the boy. Give me back the man." Lee
Marvin as Ben Rumson in "Paint Your Wagon" 1969. I
was in Ruby Garrett's fine establishment in 1964. Seriously, I was.
Ruby would have been in prison for killing her husband then, but the
place was still operating in her absence.
Being Young and Dumb in Montana
This
Thanksgiving, Americans will consume 46 million turkeys,
though, according to historians, turkey might not have been
served 400 years ago on the first Thanksgiving menu. That
particular meal included wildfowl, venison, and fresh
seafood consisting of lobster, clams, oysters, and mussels
harvested from rocks off the shores. Lobsters back then were
so plentiful you could scoop them right out of the ocean at
low tide. More
Black
Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, and retailers have
their best prices on dynamite merchandise to attract
shoppers on that day. The merchandise and prices are
supposed to be a secret. See the ads here. More
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Thanksgiving Classic Planes, Trains
and Automobiles (1987) The Ending (5:53)
The experience of being
always and never at home, of home as a once and future point
on an ever-shifting horizon, is epitomised in the Welsh word
hiraeth. Hiraeth gives a name to that sense of
incompleteness you feel when you're acutely aware of
something missing in your life. Something you've left behind
in the past, a home, a sense of feeling at home in yourself,
an out-grown dream, or maybe an ideal you've invented that
can never be realized, or a hope that perpetually eludes you
as the future unfolds. More
The Department of the
Interior announced a series of changes for America the
Beautiful passes, which cover entry and amenity fees at over
2,000 federally managed areas, including the country's
national parks. Among the differences visitors can expect
beginning in 2026 are new digital passes, original artwork
featuring President Donald Trump and ''America-first''
prices that will see international visitors paying steeper
fares. More
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The
Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Their first winter
was devastating, but the following fall the harvest was a
bountiful one, and the first Thanksgiving was held. More
A.M.
''Hap'' Ramnes worked for the railroad for 51 years, and took
photos of snowplowing operations over those 5 decades. His
grandson Jim Ramnes saved those pictures and created a website
to share them with you. More
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