August was a productive month, with three art shows and a chance to talk to many people. A good response and sales for the photAUgraphics, too. The Montana Committee for the Humanities announced its Speakers' Bureau programs for 2008-2012, and I'm pleased to again be included in the catalog.

On the home front, I have been hit by a scourge of grasshoppers, which decimated my irises and day lilies. Last week they started on the cottonwood trees. Luckily the weather is turning and the voracious munchers are dying off. Next year I'll be ready for them and put out bait as soon as I see the tiny ones (They came late this year and caught me off guard).