I might be less skeptical about the Obama Rhetoric below were it not for developments in the real world. This article from the San Francisco Chronicle may be the most horrifying yet: despite the so- called “Green” attitudes of California voters, apparently perceptions of what is “sanitary” trumps all sense of what is good for …
Tag: Country Life
“Our” Fulbright Scholar
As Patrick Burns is fond of saying, “The kids are alright.”Happily I know a few who are more than alright. Our campus is full of bright young people, and heralding their accomplishments is one pleasure of my job. But we encounter some rare souls who, like Steve and his blog partners (and our readers), are …
Pups grow…
The first one is of Lashyn when she squirmed into a too small crate with them and almost squashed them. The neurotic old girl had NEVER gone voluntarily into a crate. We got them out by unscrewing one side but she stayed in long enough to snap a photo The rest are self explanatory– at …
AR, PC, and all that
(They’re always out there). From Dr. Gale Goodman: PETA killed 95% of the animals they received last year. And they dare compare chicken farms to Auswitzch? David Zincavage reports on Thought Crime in Central Connecticut (which may be in a race with California and Maryland to be the most PC state): “On October 3, 2008, …
A (Hilarious ) Rant…
Annie Hocker sent me this rant from a park ranger. Couldn’t make the link work (bug in my Mac I think) but it is so funny I’ll print it all. Annie, maybe you could put the link in “Comments”? “To all “Happy Campers”Date: 2006-09-05, 12:00PM MDT Folks, yesterday ended the regular summer season. I am …
Uprooted
An article in the Telegraph tells how a leading children’s dictionary has dropped words relating to religion, history, and the countryside. “But academics and head teachers said that the changes to the 10,000 word Junior Dictionary could mean that children lose touch with Britain’s heritage. “”We have a certain Christian narrative which has given meaning …
Country Life
A long thoughtful post about the good and bad, but above all the different things about country as opposed to urban life. A snip: “More often there is instead a deep reserve of caution. This wariness is a byproduct of living a connected life. The outsider does not know or feel the history of shared …
Frozen waterhose
Before I’m willing to turn on the big stockwater tank and its heater for the wintertime, for some reason I procrastinate until my little tank is empty and the waterhose that feeds it is completely frozen. That happened today. Usually the hose freezes overnight, but thaws during the day so I can refill the tank …
Cat’s Yellowstone Wolves, and others
Our own Cat Urbigkit has just published a book on the Yellowstone wolves and their reintroduction (so to speak as you will see.) She brings a unique perspective as she is both a sheepherder and a naturalist- observer, one who can appreciate big carnivores but doesn’t want them killing her sheep or her livelihood. Her …
Fence posts
I love living in the country, but when we moved our new house into our ram pasture in the middle of the sagebrush without a yard and fence, the dang bulls kept trying to scratch their itchy spots on the side of the house, or on the truck mirrors, and the horses would do battle …