Hello lovelies!

Montana is glorious and it finally feels like summer! The flowers are blooming, the morels are growing like crazy and the buffalo are finally being left alone. I have yet to feel ridiculous heat, it's nice and dry here in the mountains. The nights are cold and wonderful, perfect for taking moonlit walks by the lake. The garden is growing and there's always something to be kept busy with if one desires it. Ahh I love summer! More folks have left, so there are very few of us now to hold down the fort, but it's nice to get some peace. I've been cooking a lot more, I had forgotten how much I love cooking for community! Methinks next season I'll try being an official cook for the BFC...

I've been out in Yellowstone twice now talking with park visitors about the bison issue and it's gone well. We've had a few jerks bother us, those who came to the table assuming we were anti this or that, a few of whom proceeded to yell at us and tell us we were the problem (HA!) and not actually listen to the facts, but...that's expected. Most folks are rather receptive, which is great. I was a little unsure about the whole tabling thing, I didn't think I'd be to comfortable talking with random strangers, but it's actually turned out alright. The more I do it the better I am at communicating the issue, and I'm actually getting comfortable doing it. There are less blank stares now, ha. Also the more I talk about it the more angry I get. It's really a completely ridiculous thing that's happening out here...a federally mandated and funded slaughter of a wildlife species, WTF!?!? These bison are descended from the last wild bison that remained after the slaughter of the 1800s (there were only 23 left!) and yet we are continuing to slaughter them for no good reason (because the livestock industry says so). It's really fucked up.

So, I'm angry, but happy too. It's really beautiful out here and I am very delighted to be in such a wild place hanging out with some really cool people. I've found a good place, and I like it so much I want to come back next season. Can you imagine me living through a Montana winter?? ACK! ;-)

Let buffalo roam!!