The House Kat

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 and Carol Williams are co-hosting a December challenge for ActiveRain members called ActiveRain Holiday Gift Challenge. Our goal is to share gift ideas for the person who has all the material items they could possible need (see feature photo) OR we could talk ...

Debe Maxwell kicked off November with a Gratitude Challenge. Our goal is to write one gratitude post per week during the month. Unfortunately I missed week number one and number three, so this is my second and final gratitude related post. My first post was about gratitude for our grandchildren. ...

Debe Maxwell kicked off November with a Gratitude Challenge. Our goal is to write one gratitude post per week during the month. Unfortunately I missed week number one, so will probably only do three posts maximum if that. My first post is about gratitude for our grandchildren.My stepson and his w...

This month’s ActiveRain challenge, co-hosted by Carol Williams and Frank Worrell has to do with our top tech tools. What are the top three (or more) tools that help us to be productive, save time, or keep life running smoothly.So I pulled out my iPhone which is with me more than the computer is, ...

So as of the time I'm writing this, there is less than a month to the 2024 Election. There have been political discussions, disagreements, and ads for well over a year. Those have been on the radio, television, Internet and at almost every meeting regardless of meeting intent. And that's all well...

So what is a person to do when their weekly stint at the Habitat build site is canceled, and it happens to be a beautiful sunny 70º day in Northwest Montana? Well, go hiking of course!We were looking to do a loop somewhere in the area that included some views, or a lake, or something of interest....

The forecast for Monday, September 16, 2024 called for sun so what better day for some exploring? As it was a Monday, we figured we would have anyplace to ourselves, so off we went to find a new spot for us, Red Meadow Lake.Red Meadow Lake is located near Olney Montana, approximately ten miles fr...

Yesterday was a beautiful September day in Flathead County, Montana. Sunny, dry, with a high around 80º. It was a perfect day to check out a new trail, Stovepipe Canyon Trail #196. If you're looking for a relatively short hike in the forests of Flathead County, this might be the place for you! He...

The September challenge "Blog 53 Words Challenge" is being hosted by Nick Vandekar and Patricia Feager. The assignment is to write a 53 Word Story about any topic of interest. With the topic of the challenge being a wide open book, I looked out the window, picked my subject and came up with the b...

My husband and I were fortunate to be able to visit Southeast Alaska recently. Our experience happened aboard a small cruise ship (60 guests) that was run by National Geographic/Lindblad Expeditions. The entire focus of the trip was on "expeditions," which could take the form of hikes, kayaking t...