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Field Notes Free to be There’s enough space for all of us. Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY ANDREW KROP “I ’m on the right track baby, I was born this way!” As local performers Eric Krop and Mynxx—the all-female glam band comprised of Halladay...
Field Notes Landless But I’m still a Montanan. Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY HEIDI LAUMAN “S omehow in my search for ownership in this world, for land to plant roots, I tripped up and have lived the opposite of what I forever desired. As I write this, I...
Field Notes To Share or Not to Share The mountain adventure dilemma. Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY COLTON BORN I t was the summer of 2016 and I was helpless. I’d been living in the Flathead for a few months, didn’t have many friends, and was captivated by the...
Field Notes THE TRAIL BUILDER A good day the woods Illustration by Morgan Krieg BY REBECCA STORM GRANDE E yes blinking open to an early Montana dawn, the trail builder stretches awake and considers his weighty but simple mission of the day, to clear a path...
Field Notes Soul sprinkles Sometimes the writing on the wall finds its way into your heart. Illustration by Morgan Krieg By Jessie Mazur O n the inside of the slimy walls of the horse-trough soaking tubs at Wild Horse Hot Springs, someone scratched “soul...
Field Notes Let the Sun Shine Two lifelong friends are harnessing solar power and can-do attitudes to make a life in their hometown. Illustration by Morgan Krieg By Thomas Clark W hen Curran Edland and I graduated from Whitefish High School in 2013 and went...