My Acting Debut – Winter in the Blood

I was contacted by a fellow from our local radio station in the summer of 2011 looking for old cars for movie props for the movie Winter in the Blood.  He came and looked at the cars and about 2 weeks later I was told on a Thursday I would need to bring 3 cars to the set at the Walleye Tavern between Kremlin and Havre on Saturday. What a scramble to get a couple of them running. Oh by the way the fellow said would you be interested in sitting in a bar scene? Do you remember how it was to sit in the bar? I said “I think I can remember!” What a blast, we drove and hauled the cars...

read more

Book Signing at the Gildford Merc

The book signing went well in the old Gildford  store or merc .. The old store has stood here for as long as the town I imagine. Nice people the Hausers’ run the store now, Ted and Laura, good friends and good people. We had a nice turnout. I explained that the book was based on a true incident, but the book is fictional. I’m just overwhelmed at the compliments and the interest this book has engendered.  

read more

Damn Wind

The rusty barbed wire around the blog site is not just for decoration. I worked for a conductor on the Railroad who said to me after a discussion one day in the caboose, Russ, I like you, but you are a little rough around the edges! I think he was particularly exasperated with me that particular day, as I was griping and complaining about everyone and everything I could think of in colorful language. He was a gentle soul who never said a bad word about anyone, finally when I was complaining about the wind blowing as it always does in northern Montana, he said, You know I like the wind it...

read more

The Hat

The Hat

Well for those that know me well, I don’t usually wear the Stetson you see in the picture. My normal attire is a baseball cap that is in a state of disrepair or cleanliness or both and glasses. When working on the railroad my attire consisted of the above baseball hat and striped railroad coveralls. So it is a bit of fun with the Stetson going back to my youth on the farm/ranch where I was raised. The Stetson is my dad’s and was on top of his coffin before we buried him. So it means a great deal to me. There is a saying in ol Montana that there are those that are all hat and no...

read more

The Long Awakening is Now Available on Lulu

The Long Awakening is now available at Lulu.com in Paperback and eBook formats.

read more