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Distinctly Montana Magazine Fall 2018

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W W W. D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA NA . C O M 9 S O, DEAR READER, DID YOU ENJOY YOUR MONTANA SUMMER? You know, the season between this year's chilly months of June and early July, and our (new) three-week fire season, along with the Labor Day end-of-summer weekend? Yes, as summers go, this one shot by like a sports car on the Hi-line; and now we are left with autumn to finish 2018 with its brief mosaic of color, lusty weather, and that certain, settling stillness that one experiences before the madness of the holiday season. And why do we rarely hear the word "autumn" anymore? e word itself wandered into England in the 14th century, a remnant, many believe, of the Etruscan tongue, but most certainly of the Romans, who distinguished it from "harvest," an extra season of their own making. But what we hear today, most often, is "fall," also originally from English poets of the early 16th cen- tury who (surprise!) associated it with the downward spiral of leaves in the vast forests of that time. "Fall" managed to be both poetic and prosaic. In any event, we are fine with either word—your choice. Autumn or fall, it is one of the most interesting and lovely times to be in Montana. e sunlight at the edges of day glint in scant, razor-thin shards, the vegetation morphs to crisp and colorful, the wildlife seems both earnest and aloof in preparation for the first frost; and the people of Montana, and some very smart visitors, enjoy less crowded rivers, roads, trails and national parks. Our advice? Be outside. A lot. Follow your instincts to play, hike, raft, fish or hunt, or simply sit and take in our state's autumnal beauty. It's simple, it's just fall-ing for Montana. BILL MUHLENFELD, PUBLISHER bill@distinctlymontana.com ANTHEA GEORGE, PUBLISHER anthea@distinctlymontana.com A N O T E F R O M T H E P U B L I S H E R S a Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~ STANLEY HOROWITZ, POET DON POWELL

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