Winded and angry update: This just in! Half marathons are hard. By Jamie Balke Explore Big Sky Columnist About a year after my return to running,...
Whereupon I bite off more than I can chew By Jamie Balke Explore Big Sky Columnist After a several year hiatus from running, I did the...
By Jamie Balke Explore Big Sky Columnist With comments by John Balke In honor of the New Year, I’ve been considering resolutions. Noticing that I was...
On Netflix: I can stop any time I want, man. By Jamie Balke Explore Big Sky Columnist I try to spend my time in meaningful ways....
By Jamie Balke Explorebigsky.com Columnist Trick or treat When we were kids, there was no question which holiday my brother John loved most. Each year in...
By Jamie Balke Explorebigsky.com Columnist On cooking “I think every woman should have a blowtorch.” -Julia Child I didn’t really become interested in cooking until I...
By Jamie Balke Explorebigsky.com Columnist S.O.S, Martha Stewart follow-up: Victory! In previous columns, I described my fledgling efforts to turn my black thumb green. It began...
By Jamie Balke Explore Big Sky Columnist The other day I was outside checking the mail when I heard boisterous caterwauling from inside my apartment. Among...
By Jamie Balke Explorebigsky.com Columnist During the first week of June, I returned to the small coastal town of Neskowin, Ore. for the second summer in...
By Jamie Balke Explorebigsky.com Columnist Flaming burgers: a vegetarian’s story I enjoy attending barbeques, but it wasn’t until last summer that I transformed from a semi-reluctant...