Middle Foys Lake lost another few acres of ice. Firehouse Pond is ice-free. Little Foy's Lake was difficult to assess, because of heavy rains. The deer thought it was twilight and were out grazing midday yesterday.

NEW -- Modern Dance at: Theater X-Net

Featuring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!

Webmaster's Notes: I got a couple of emails from a nice European guy, Patrick Van De Velde, about my Ida Rubinstein site -- mostly about Antonio de La Gandara, one of her portraitists. A French Antonio de La Gandara Website

Charity Alert: Keep that resolution for Easter too! Click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: JEFFERSON'S WALL: AMERICA'S DEBATE OVER CHURCH AND STATE.
Prof. Robert G. Natelson from U. of M. in Missoula was more of a scholar on Constitutional History last night. He avoided being baited into right-wing rants, and was surprisingly reasonable. He missed a couple of facts, but to be fair who doesn't?
I managed to do sound, run the data projector, and record the event on video. Ivan ran around the hall with the audience mic during Q&A, though!
I'm also videotaping Americorps tomorrow and Sunday, plus another event on Monday night.

Media Watch: The Invisible Ray, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi from 1936 -- Carpathia, Africa, Paris, Radium X, pseudo-science fiction, and murder!


Spitfires of the Spaceways preview: Wilma Deering, Buck Rogers' long-suffering sidekick, got to be a spitfire late in the Buster Crabbe serial from 1938. She was played by big-band singer Constance Moore, and deserved a moment of effective action. Once she let her hair down, all HELL broke loose for the bad guys.