Field Notes Stuck Driving out of service is the best. until it’s the worst. BY MEGHAN VOSS “I grabbed a scenic drive book from our shelf as Kirk and I herded the kids into the truck. It was (almost) spring, and after too many months inside, we needed an...
Field Notes A remote chance Moving is easy, but belonging takes effort. BY MICHELE PURCELL “T he first time I moved to a new town I was 17. My parents dropped me off at college in Knoxville, Tennessee and I ended up stayingfor 33 years. The second time I...
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...
