Well, last Saturday I wrote about the appropriations process and the unimaginably hard decisions our legislators face regarding tax dollars that pay for care for the poor, the homeless, the old, and the disabled. They must reconcile a dearth of funds with a world of need. And then I mentioned a question someone had asked me…
Death 2, Life 3 The rest of the story
Michael and Zsa Zsa, RIP Well, Sunday wasn’t over after our sad experience with the hawk and our beautiful hen. Jerry confessed that something (probably the same hawk) had also killed sweet Zsa Zsa, our sweetest and tamest hen, and said he hadn’t wanted to tell me at the time. I think the hawk must…
Death Comes to the Chicken Hilton
Jerry holds hen just killed by hawk It had to happen sooner or later. I’d just walked out of the barn to go get my camera in the car, and saw a large hawk standing on the ground just the other side of one of the garden beds. A blizzard of tiny feathers were streaming…
Appropriations Time
We’re living through parlous times at the Ranch. The Texas Legislature is in session, something that happens every other year, and is usually a target of political cartoonists and an occasion for jokes about lawyers and politicians. The mood’s a bit more somber this year, however. Like other states, we have our tail in a crack,…