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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · August 5, 2021 · P5

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Jerry Crownover structions I received from both porch, watching thistles sprout but they weigh more than five
the surgeon and nurse. It’s like up, like a freshly watered chia pounds, so that is a no-no, also.
sharing a cell with the warden. pet, banned from taking the I have two more days to go,
As usual, there are a thou- spray rig out to kill the wicked before I receive a parole, and
sand things that need doing plants. When I get up and move am allowed to drive again. I
around the farm, but all of to the back porch, I see a young still won’t be allowed to “overly
them either require the oper- bull here in the pasture where exert myself” (do doctors have
ation of a motorized vehicle, or he shouldn’t be, and unclipped any clue as to what farmers do,
at least a little bit of strenuous, seed heads that do nothing but every day?), but I will, at least,
physical exertion. According to irritate the eyes of the cattle, get a little caught up on the
the warden, I’m not allowed to setting them up for a record most pressing of activities.
do either. year of pinkeye. Fly mops on
Helplessly, I sit on the front the mineral feeders would help, continued on page 16

I can now remember what
it’s like to be fifteen-years-old
again…anxiously awaiting my
chance to drive.
I had to undergo a little med-
ical procedure last week, at the
hospital, and I was given very
strict orders concerning what
I could and couldn’t do for the
first seven days after release.
Normally, I would take those
orders with a grain of salt, and
fast-track my way back to my
normal routine, but…my wife
is a retired nurse…and she
was witness to the stern in-

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