Dirty weekend The little VFW of Bigfork 2 Feb 201120 Jul 2012 From April 28, 2009 The VFW in Bigfork is about a quarter the size of the one in Kalispell. It’s a shack on the side of a hill and most…
Dirty weekend I smoke like a Canadian, too 1 Feb 201129 Jul 2012 From April 27, 2009 When we left the VFW in Kalispell, we started down the highway to Bigfork. It’s a twenty-minute drive, though, and Miller time happened halfway…
Dirty weekend Mr. Dill Pickle 1 Feb 201129 Jul 2012 From April 27, 2009 At the VFW lounge (Veterans of Foreign Wars, which I guess means no Civil War vets need apply), Aunt L made beeline for the…
Dirty weekend ‘Whatever shall we do, ladies?’ 1 Feb 201129 Jul 2012 From April 23, 2009: How are you all doin’?” asked the waitress, and Aunt V said: “We’ll be better once we have some beer.” This isn’t funny because…
Dirty weekend ‘How old are you now?’ 1 Feb 201115 May 2013 From April 23, 2009: “How old are you now?” Grandma asked loudly, for the fourth time. “Thirty-seven,” I yelled back, for the fourth time, because she’s almost deaf and, you…
Summer The shrine of DESTINY! 17 Aug 200811 May 2009 We made the mistake of stopping for food in Butte, Mont. We all get a little grouchy when we’ve been in the car all day, and the back half of…