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Distinctly Montana Gal Fall 2014

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D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A F A L L | 2 0 1 4 1 9 Gal lori grannis has written features for many national publications, includ- ing Shape, Oxygen, and Flex Magazine, as well as regional ones, including Missoula Magazine, 406 Woman, and Clark Fork Journal. A former columnist for the Missoulian for six years, she currently writes news stories for Thomson-Reuters from her Montana home in Missoula. Reach her by e-mail at: llgrannis@gmail.com. a cussin' Woman A cussin' woman's a trial to hear For folks who want to think That females ought to smile the while A skunk is making stink. But when the heifers break the fence As I start out for town, In pure white slacks, high heels and pearls— My savoir faire breaks down. When those darned hogs get in my yard And roto-till my flowers, You're apt to see the air turn blue Perhaps for hours and hours. Or when I sit at Bessie's side Just dreaming as I yank, And she connects with pie-stained tail: You're hear some words real rank. I'm sure some girls are never rude When farm chores go awry Their golden words are never crude; Before they'd cuss, they'd die. But let me step in fresh cow pie— I take it as an omen; So close your eyes and plug your ears— Cuz I'm a cussin' woman. (From In the Sidesaddle: Ranch Woman Rhymes) limerick of life A curmudgeon with a very bad back Fell in love with an ol' gal in black But he never could And she never would So they never did take up the slack (From How to be Elderly: A User's Guide, Volume One) With a few books and a mountain of poems under her belt buckle, in the mid-1980s Petersen w chen one of the first four poets from Montana to perform at Nevada's first cowboy poetry gathering in Elko.

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