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The Midwest Cattleman · March 31, 2022 · P4
worms, but they won’t show up marker, I sure recommend it.
again until the fall. There’s nothing like it. Wheth-
it's a neighbor doing some tar- Heroes? We still have those, er the sun is shining, or rain
get practice or giving a coyote although we see fewer and is pouring down, the sound of
his morning wake-up call. fewer of them all the time. You a name being declared, actu-
We do see refugees coming can tell them by the stripes or ally proclaimed, in the quiet of
through - we see some new ones even country names on their the early morning stillness is
nearly every morning. They’re caps or jackets – names like breath-taking. There’s a brief
from up north, but most of Korea or Vietnam. Occasion- pause after each one, a brief
them will be flying back when ally, we’ll still see a ‘Purple moment to consider a life, and
it gets a little warmer. Heart’ license plate although then another name is called
The only smoke we see on those are getting pretty scarce. out. It may take all morning.
the horizon from time to time is I find it hard to drive by any For most, there is no one listen-
from someone burning a brush little country cemetery without ing to hear their name; no one
pile or ‘farming with a match’. removing my hat for just a mo- who has ever known them, but
Here on our outfit, the most No mass graves, or RPG’s. We ment - just in case there may that does not make it any less
interesting thing going on this probably do have a few fox- be one there. That’s definitely important or less fitting a me-
week is that Spring has rolled holes in the area, but not the where most of them are in our morial. A flag and a few mo-
in with some nice showers to kind with sandbags. part of the world. ments. One might say, “It’s the
help bring on some green grass. The only buildings falling There’s a special day coming very least we can do.”
But no troops, no tanks, no down in our neighborhood up in just a few weeks when we The next generation needs
missiles. The only thing ‘mov- are old barns that have been can stop and honor those he- to be reminded what the cost
ing in mass’ are some amazing standing for decades and are roes. You see, in no small part, of our peace and freedom has
herds of deer. I saw a column now finally falling victim to the they are the reason why there been. If you agree and if there
of thirty when I was out riding wind, weather, and disrepair. are no troops, no tanks and no is not a “flags in” event sched-
the other afternoon. They were We do see some traffic jams invading armies threatening uled somewhere near you, then
stretched out for a quarter of a from time to time. It’s usual- our neighborhoods at the mo- why not organize one and start
mile. They are the closest thing ly a bunch of trucks at the gas ment. The same can be said a lasting tradition? There’s
to an invading army that we pump in town all followed by of many other communities still plenty of time to do it. If
have in our neighborhood. a boat – folks who can’t wait all across the globe. Peace and there is one nearby – don’t
We are all doing well, we to get to the lake on a warm freedom always come at a very miss out and take some young
have some food in the freezer, spring day. The fish must be high price. Americans with you. It will be
a backup generator, and no one biting. If you’ve never been a part a morning that they will never
is lobbying missiles into the Invaders? We have a few of of a ‘flags in’ ceremony where forget.
garden in our backyard. those. They fly in, hatch from once a year, every hero’s name Isn’t that the whole idea?
Sometimes we do hear gun- larvae, and eat our crops and is called out and a small flag
shots, but when we do, we know alfalfa. An army? Maybe some is placed beside their stone

Why let it rot?

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