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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
Kansas has those small towns with
lots of charm. The natives are fond of saying,
"It's not the end of the world, but you can
see it from there." The Farmers State Bank
in one of these small towns recently wanted to
hold a joint meeting for their farming customers. |
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
Once before, I referred to Canadian
writer Paul St. Pierre's book, "Smith And
Other Events," by quoting the following from
the introduction: "I have known ranchers
from British Columbia down through Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, on into New Mexico, Texas and
Northern Mexico. All march to a different
drummer, if they march at all." |
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
"I just bought us a new set of
feeders," exclaimed my Texas cattle feeding
partner last January. I could hear the excitement
in his voice. It was like he had just cashed a
twenty-dollar check and stepped up to the craps
table. |
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Linda
Mussehl
As
I See It ...
I just learned that there is a name
for the process of keeping an old country place
functional. It's called "folk
building." I've seen it done — and have
taken part in it my whole life — but I never
knew it had a name until I read "Built in
Texas," a publication of the Texas Folklore
Society edited by F.E. Abernethy. |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
In the camouflage version of
"Oz", which opens across the state the
first Saturday of November (i.e., deer season),
the yellow brick road is a path of whole kernel
corn, which deer and many other species of
wildlife find irresistible. But just as the land
of Oz had its wicked witch, so may corn have an
evil character lurking inside, especially this
year. |
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