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The Original Silicon Valley
Butte

The Original Silicon Valley

There's an area of the United States that has played a unique role in enabling the use of modern technology across North America, attracting workers from around the world and creating unparalleled wealth for entrepreneurs. I'm taking about Butte, Montana, of course, "The Richest Hill On Earth." The discovery of
Jul 3, 2021 5 min read
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
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Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon

Living in Montana, especially at higher elevations, means never being certain what the weather might do. The forecast can change by the hour, and today was a good example of that. I took Nancy for a walk this morning and it was a pleasant winter day: no precipitation, partly cloudy,
Jan 3, 2021 3 min read
You're not from around here, are you?
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You're not from around here, are you?

A coworker once mentioned – twenty years ago in Spokane, the biggest small town in Eastern Washington – that he'd noticed me driving eastbound on I-90 while he was driving westbound over the weekend. He wondered if I'd gone for a hike in Idaho. I was flabbergasted. How could you "notice" a
Dec 28, 2020 4 min read
Moving to Montana
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Moving to Montana

On the morning of Saturday April 4, in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic and nationwide lockdown, we found ourselves driving away from our Seattle home with a truckload of possessions and our three dogs and a cat, headed for a new home in Montana. Our friends and family may
Apr 12, 2020 11 min read
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