Category: inmyopinion

I guess you could describe me as sensitive. You see I’m that guy that cries at seemingly every Hallmark commercial and in fact you can catch me sniffling during about any chick flick, which in case you’re wondering, I also...

I know you’re thinkin’ my deep thinkin’ from yesterday’s program about bullying made me who I am right? Nope not today. You see I have the pulpit and well I’m just not in the mood but we’ll get back there. I see a physician so...

By Mick Holien The weekend’s activities at the Montana Football Hall of Fame induction left just a single question remaining for me – Why did it take this long to begin honoring the finest of the state’s gridiron. Close to 300...

I wrote today’s edition but I walked away forgetting to record until something hit me later in the day. For years I’ve been of the mind to leave reminders – you know those sticky notes that are all over the desk – to help me...

 By Mick Holien One thing someone who values words and communication in general quickly discovers when unable to do so is how sorely one misses writing when it’s basically been in one form or another a daily part of my...

By Mick Holien So are we really going to get a pleasant September or when that thermometer took the big dip last week was it just the precursor to that bite in the air that sends us to a different drawer in the dresser or maybe...

By Mick Holien You often hear phrases uttered full well thinking they have aptly described a scenario when in fact what they have done is to describe something or maybe someone with words with a commonality but have little or...

By Mick Holien With the long overdue induction of Bob Costas into the broadcaster wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, I decided I would part ways with a few of my autographed baseballs  signed by fellow Hall...

By Mick Holien There are several dates that stick in the minds of people of my generation – That is born a couple of years before what has become described as baby boomers. December 7, 1941 is first chronologically for me and I...

By Mick Holien Having just finished a stint with the Missoula Osprey is a welcome relief today, no not because the professional season is over, but rather it frees me from driving the peril that we know as Highway 93. And the...

By Mick Holien Having just finished a stint with the Missoula Osprey is a welcome relief today, no not because the professional season is over, but rather it frees me from driving the peril that we know as Highway 93. And the...

By Mick Holien So are we really going to get a pleasant September or when that thermometer took the big dip last week was it just the precursor to that bite in the air that sends us to a different drawer in the dresser or maybe...