Summer, 1987, we visited with Richard's aunt Theo Rice in Kansas, the oldest of his mother's siblings.
She recalled a trip to visit her grandparents in Nemaha County, Nebraska, when she was a child, during the presidential election campaign of 1896. Her dad, John Samuel Barnes, drove a covered wagon; her uncle and his family accompanied them in a second wagon. All travelors on the road had political signs on their wagons and called out their party and favorite candidate to those they met. Theo's dad (Richard's grandfather) was Republican and their candidate was William McKinley (the eventual victor); her uncle was a Democrat and supported William Jennings Bryant. Our country has a long history of strong political feelings!
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Turkey Vultures
I have long held a fascination with vultures (see blog note 5/13/11). When I read The Bluebird Effect:
Uncommon Bonds With Common Birds by Julie Zickefoose and saw her comments on vultures as a spiritual guide in Native American mysticism, I was intrigued. "If a vulture has flown into your life, you are being asked to remedy a messy situation and turn it into something positive." . . ."a clean-up of psychic messes".
Since Zickefoose cleans out freezer burned food and leaves a bucket of it in the meadow for vultures periodically, her encounters with vultures may have more to do with her generosity. "The freezer for me," she says, "is a place where good food goes to die." She did observe that when placing a bucket of freezer-burned beef, chicken and pork in the field, vultures would not eat a processed chicken nugget. I have great respect for the judgment of the bird.
I highly recommend this beautifully illustrated and interesting book.
Uncommon Bonds With Common Birds by Julie Zickefoose and saw her comments on vultures as a spiritual guide in Native American mysticism, I was intrigued. "If a vulture has flown into your life, you are being asked to remedy a messy situation and turn it into something positive." . . ."a clean-up of psychic messes".
Since Zickefoose cleans out freezer burned food and leaves a bucket of it in the meadow for vultures periodically, her encounters with vultures may have more to do with her generosity. "The freezer for me," she says, "is a place where good food goes to die." She did observe that when placing a bucket of freezer-burned beef, chicken and pork in the field, vultures would not eat a processed chicken nugget. I have great respect for the judgment of the bird.
I highly recommend this beautifully illustrated and interesting book.
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