Mountain Times

Question: “I brought home the sweetest Labrador puppy just after Christmas. We went to puppy class, and he was a star student. Recently, though, he’s become a real handful. It’s like he’s forgotten everything he knows. How do I fix this?”

Answer: Welcome to adolescence!

If you brought your pup home at around eight weeks of age, you likely now have a seven-...

“If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.”

-Bernard Williams

June brings a unique moment…halfway through the year and full of possibilities. June marks the official transition into summer but also presents the opportunity to reset any goals you made in January. Maybe this is why June 1 is designated National Dare Da...

Ahhhh, the final snowfall of the year.

Every late spring, Mother Nature usually gives us a gift of snowfall before the season ends. Well, that’s an exaggeration. It is usually just a dusting of snow that makes the tops of the mountains look pretty just one more time. Sometimes it makes its way down into the valley, where I call it the Greening Snow because, as it me...

Crayfish fill my childhood memories. I spent summers playing in streams, flipping over rocks, and, if I was lucky, catching glimpses of these mysterious little creatures. Most crayfish are nocturnal and dart backward to escape danger. An early summer morning last year at Crystal Lake State Park, near Barton, brought me back to these moments when I saw a crayfish along the sho...

Anyone who works in the business world knows that employees are periodically asked to participate in golf tournaments. These are usually charity events for hospitals or veterans’ groups where any proceeds collected get funneled to that organization. They are generally laid-back, fun, and more often than not, surrounded by alcohol.

The format is almost always ‘Captai...