Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Originally posted 12/30/25 I’ve kinda gotten into the rhythm of Montana State football. Cowboy and I have attended several football games (thank you, Riley) and...
Category: Home Life
Fall Is Falling
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Fall Is Falling I love Fall, it might be my favorite season, except maybe Spring. Summer and Winter get votes, too, but they have some negatives, like...
Enough Already
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Originally posted 10/22/25 I’ve had it with the Box Elder bugs. The collaborative term for these pests is Nuisance which is appropriate, but they think they are...
Danger Lurks Ahead
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Originally posted 10/15/25 Yesterday, we needed to go to a Big Box Store, and as you might know, I am still in this confounded foot cast, waiting to stretch out...
Loveliness and Nuisances
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Originally posted 10/3/25 Do you remember our old childhood chant? ”Lady Bug, Lady Bug, Fly away home. Your house is on fire, and your children are gone. All...
Buck up, Buttercup
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Buck Up, Buttercup Yesterday we went on a little road trip, and in Montana, a “little road trip” can be quite long...how about 348 miles? Here’s what we did:...
Soup Cans and String
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I opened my email a few days ago and found a note from my phone provider. “Final Notice $151.49, past due. Your phone will be suspended if it isn’t paid.” What? ...
Blink
Wrinkly Bits A Blinking Poem by Gail Cushman Blink I’m 17 and headed off to school To learn about life and gain some other tools. Blink The Marine Corps called and I answered the phone Off I went to...
Take a breath
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Sometimes we just have to pause and take a breath, you know, do nothing! When I look back at the four months of 2025, I think I need to do just that! Cowboy and...
The Weather Gods
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman How many weather changes can we have in one day? I counted six a few days ago. Sunny and bright. Foggy, which was somewhat shielded by the smoke of farmers...
Cody Speaks ARF
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Cody, the Wonder Dog Good grief, don’t they ever stay home? I live with this weird family. They never tell me what’s going on, but a few months ago, they brought a tree into...
Train Wreck
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Have you ever had one of those days? The day that everything seems to go afoul, nothing works right, nothing is on time, and you forget this, that, and the...
Cowboy Poetry
We went to Elko, Nevada To see what we could see Cowboys and Indians, with stories to tell It’s called Cowboy Poetry. So just like that, I got the bug Of rhyme and meter and such I sat in front and...
Numbers Galore
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I used to pride myself in remembering numbers, birthdays, anniversaries, various costs, like milk, cheese, and gas. I remembered many phone numbers, most...
Dancing on a Snowflake
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I always wondered what it would be like to live in the inside an igloo, and now I know. My world has turned white. Everything, as far as I can see, is white. The...
A Real Montanan, I Am, I Am
I’ve lived in Montana for about three years, and this week I became a real Montanan. “Where ya from?” people ask. I used to answer, “Well, I used to be from Idaho and now I live in Montana” and they...
The Main Thing
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman We went to church last Sunday and the sermon got me to thinking, not so easy to do any more. The preacher said, “The main thing is to keep the main thing, the...
Looking Back
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Sixty years is a long, time, but we made it! Our high school graduating class held its 60-year class reunion this week, and about sixty of my fellow classmates...
Shopping Trips with Cowboy
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman “Hey, Honey Bunch, comb your hair and grab your purse, we’re going shopping.” These are words I don’t hear too often, but are oh, so welcome. Living...
Lambing Season
Cowboy and I are attracted to small towns, and so it is natural to be drawn to such villages as Edgar (Pop 169), Roscoe (Pop 24) and today we set our sights on Reed Point (Pop 175) and their sheep...
Being Cool in Cooney
Cowboy, Cody, and I made our end of summer boat trip with grandkids to Cooney Reservoir this week. It was hot in the Stillwater Valley outside of Columbus, and we thought a couple days respite on...
The Griz
Miss Gail’s Ramblings I’ve lived in Montana about three years, give or take two years, which makes me almost a local, only 75 years to go. I grew up in Idaho which is close, so maybe I’ll get extra...
Adventures with the Cowboy
Sometimes I find myself day-dreaming, mostly when I’ve had enough coffee and thinking about a donut that I shouldn’t be eating. And those dreams are always about adventures-to-be or not-to-be. This...
Fences
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman For the past few weeks, we’ve been watching two young men build a pole-and-post fence around our property. It is kind of a surprise because one delusional day, I...