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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
This sure is the season for a mania of every sport.
The Summer Olympics produced Down-Under mania, football mania
is in full swing, baseball season is still hot, and if that's
not enough, this is an election year. Political mania is
closely related to the others because they draw a crowd and
there's always a chance that a candidate will get a chance to
speak. As one politician said recently after a rousing speech,
"It always embarrasses me when people tell me what a
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
The Havana terminal and customs office gleamed with
waxed floors and polished rails. A quick check at a baggage
scale showed my black roll-on bag weighed 16 pounds below the
44-pound maximum. My training weight metered plus two pounds
from home. |
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
He was lookin’ for work. I was buildin’
corrals, stretchin’ wire, layin’ rock and clearin’
brush. I asked him what he could do. He said, "I’m a
cowboy." For six months Frank built corrals, stretched
wire, laid rock and cleared brush. He worked hard and stayed
on. It was skilled labor but hard on the back and hands. |
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Linda
Mussehl
As
I See It ...
Well, it's that time of year again, folks. Just
after Halloween all those mail-order catalogs flood your
mailbox, and the television is shouting at you, touting the
ease and convenience of stress-free shopping on-line through
the internet. |
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Lee Pitts
Its The Pitts
The process of bovine parturition is agonizing, painful
and exhausting. At least that's how it is for me; I have no
idea how the cow feels about it. The reason that being midwife
to a bunch of bovines is my least favorite chore is that I
have no patience. I also have a knack for creating an
emergency out of the simplest delivery. |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
Early December marks a special time for deer hunters in
West Texas: the rut. Fact is, thanks to widespread rains over
the last month, the rut takes on special significance this
year, as in "ruts." And some of the ruts are of
Boone & Crockett proportions, at least on my lease north
of San Angelo. |
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