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Category Archives: nature
Punching calves
I think it’s funny that one of the terms for handling cattle is “punching”. It seems like a kind of inside joke among cattle people about the arduous nature of the task of physically handling cattle during those times when they have to be moved, sorted, tagged, or banded. I punched a bunch of calves [...] Continue reading
Posted in animals, cattle, Challenges, farming, food, nature, punching, rhetoric, Work
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Some thoughts on Punxsutawney Phil
So yesterday was Groundhog Day, complete with its requisite trotting out of the rodent and an internet full of mocking said rodent and the people who flock to him once per year. Now, I will grant you that the whole show surrounding Groundhog Day is ridiculous and proves nothing except that people like to have [...] Continue reading
Posted in animals, Groundhog Day, holism, nature, observation, philosophy, Punxsutawney Phil, reality, science
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