Distinctly Montana Magazine

Valerie Harms has edited this magazine since 2005 and says it is like throwing a party every season. A writer as well as editor, she is the author of nine books and numerous articles. A graduate of Smith College, for seven years she was an editor at the National Audubon Society in New York City. She has taught writing and given workshops around the country, plus in Greece and Canada. In 1995 she moved to Montana to see wild animals in their habitats and explore the mountains and rivers. For more info see her Web site at www.valerie- harms.com. Email queries to valerie@distinctlymontana.com. SAGEBRUSH AND RIVER CATS PAGE 16 CATHY MOSER writes about western history, lifestyles, and the outdoors from her home in central Montana's Judith Mountains. YELLOWSTONE WINTER TRAILS PAGE 24 PHIL KNIGHT is an outspoken conservationist, backcoun- try explorer, musician, poet, and world traveler. Phil's passion and lifelong avocation is protecting and exploring wild places and seeing and learning about wild crea- tures. In doing so, he has fallen out of several trees. Phil lives in Bozeman with Alaina, his wife of 15 years. WINTER PLAYLIST PAGE 36 When RACHEL HERGETT isn't listening to or attempting to play music, she is writing about it as a freelance writer and reporter for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle or sharing it on her weekly radio show on KGLT. HEALTHY WINTER STEW AND SOUP PAGE 39 CHEF JIM GRAY is the host of the syndicated weekly program, "Kitchen Guy – The Tastiest Two Minutes in Television," seen on Max Media stations in Montana. He also owns and operates the Kitchen Guy Cooking School in Missoula. You can contact him via e-mail at chefjimgray@gmail.com. WHEN DOWN UNDER TRAVELS UP TOP PAGE 42 TRACEY McGOWN is a former Australian television cur- rent affairs reporter and producer who now runs a public relations and media training consultancy in Brisbane, Queensland, and dabbles in freelance writing. She will find any excuse she can to travel anywhere in the world, par- ticularly ski areas with her husband and two young boys. MONTANA HEALTH REPORT PAGE 46 RACHEL ROCKAFELLOW, RN, is a health education writer in Bozeman who hosts "Health Matters" on Yellowstone Public Radio. MONTANA HEALTH ADVISOR PAM HIEBERT, MD, is an internist with Medical Associates of Bozeman Deaconess. 10 Contributors OUR Robert Rath collects hyphens. Currently, he's an illustrator-designer-author-art director-dog walker living in Bozeman. He's illustrated many children's books, including the award-winning First Dog: Un- leashed in the Montana Capitol, and Yellowstone's Hot Legends and Cool Myths. His clients include Lucasfilm, The History Channel, Scholastic Books, Farcountry Press and many others. He isn't allergic to anything, can't remember birthdays, likes to cook, can wiggle his ears and hates writing bios. HOLISTIC HEALTH ROUNDTABLE PAGE 48 A Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and trained in Cranial- sacral Fascial Therapy, JENNA CAPLETTE enjoys building rapport and relationship with clients, expanding their own health and well being. At Bozeman BodyTalk, she helps women challenged by anxiety and disease symptoms to resolve the problems and pain in their lives and to tap in to hidden reserves of energy. Visit www.bozemanbodytalk.com 80 & COUNTING PAGE 53 After a career as a college instructor and administrator, SUZANNE WARING'S interest in communications led to a second career as a freelance writer. She lives in Great Falls and writes about Montana people and their communities. TOP PERFORMANCE PAGE 60 KIM IBES lives and writes in Bozeman. She's a fourth- generation Montanan with her roots firmly planted in Big Sky Country. Growing up east of the mountains deep in the heart of Montana's great plains and living at the base of Montana's Rocky Mountains has served to deepen her love for Montana and broadened her perspective on the diversity, untamed beauty, and individuality that this great state has to offer. DOG COMFORT PAGE 70 KATHRYN DUNNING lives, works, and celebrates Montana daily in Livingston, MT. When not pouring over science and veterinary medicine, she can be found happily climbing steep hills or rowing the Yellowstone with her husband and two cattle dogs. POLAR PLUNGE PAGE 74 GLENDA WALLACE is a free-lance writer embracing the hot and cold of western Montana. FOR THE LOVE OF... PAGE 83 VIRGINIA BRYAN is a free-lance writer with deep Montana hi-line roots. She is the chair of the High Plains Book Awards Committee, a project of the Parmly Billings Library. DISTINCTLY MONTANA • WINTER 2013

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