Big Sky

Montana.

I love Montana.

I’ve always wanted to visit and now I’m actually here. It’s as beautiful as I imagined.

The mountains are huge. And yes . . . a river does run through it . . . many.

I’ve watched some gorgeous sunsets in my life – reds and pinks and oranges spilling like broken yolks over the Pacific. But the other night I saw a purple and yellow sunset. Why don’t more people live in Montana?

It stays light ‘til after 10:00pm. Most nights I go to bed before the sun is gone. But a few days ago, I was up working very late (I’m here at a writing workshop led by an amazing teacher). I walked back to my room in the pitch dark. As I stumbled along, I looked up. Above there were hundreds of thousands of millions of stars. It was so clear I could see satellites orbiting the Earth and 3 shooting stars. An entire arm of the Milky Way stretched across the Big Sky.

Montana.

I love Montana.

Beautiful, beautiful Big Sky.