Wildlife: We only see Goldfinches in the Spring and Autumn -- during the migration seasons. We are seeing them now!

Weather: Cooler, cloudy, but drier than last week -- a couple of short thunder-squalls yesterday, with a nice rainbow following the second.

Charity Alert: The Hunger Site : Give Food for Free to Hungry People in the World

In the Community: Gotta change the Hockaday's kiosk display at the Kalipell Mall this afternoon. We have the Members Only salon show coming up too.
Hockaday Museum of Art - Prime visual arts resource in Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana.
Here's another site from Eureka, Montana -- seven miles from the Canadian border:
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Media Watch: I'm reading Before Lewis and Clark: The French Dynasty that Ruled America's Frontier by Shirley Christian, a book about an originally-French, mixed-nationality, fur-trapping clan named Chouteau whose progeny founded a number of important cities and towns in western North America. There's a town called "Choteau" in Montana, and I just might find myself reading about it before long.
The Guru was re-re-run on the satellite last night -- funny movie, and a light-hearted exploitation of a few cliches of Bollywood films. It stars Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, and a London-born actor of Indian descent named Jimi Mistry.
The Guru - Movie Site
Chloroform bacteria in the waters of communication -- I'm trying to be informed about the GOP convention without anger poisoning my life.