Some time last year the person who taught me to shoot and i had a falling out when i became smothered and lost all aspect of independence. Thats a good way to ensure that you’ve lost me, is smother me, just an FYI for the world. I cant be consumed and i cant be controlled. …
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My First Gun
I didnt tell my neighbor it was my birthday. I wasnt going to mention it unless we found something of interest. the information didnt seem relevant otherwise. He picked me up that morning and we went down to the gun show about half an hour after it started. It was at the veterans center. Everyone …
An Ongoing Problem that Required a More Permanent Solution
I live out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by caliche hills dotted with prickly pear and yucca surrounded by oak and cedar woods, peppered with the occasional elm, mimosa, or sumac tree. Rattlesnakes are a real and present issue. Now, if one keeps the lawn mowed, the snakes move on through. If one lets …
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A Ringtail Visits
This is a ringtail, the lankier cousin of the more commonly known raccoon. It looks like something straight out of Madagascar. contrary to popular belief, it can and will eat small cats and chickens….of which i have both right now. I spotted it in a cedar while doing the evening chores. I did not grow …