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On the Edge of Common Sense: If Herefords were black

January 25, 2021
Baxter Black

If Herefords were black
and Angus were red,
would breeders of Herefords
breed Angus instead?


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On the Edge of Common Sense: Pleasure horse

December 24, 2020
Baxter Black

I consider myself, among other things, a former horse mechanic. The horses I did veterinary work on were ranch and feedlot beasts of burden. Workin’ animals from man’s point of view.


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On the Edge of Common Sense: Christmas chores

November 25, 2020
Baxter Black

Christmas is just another day to a cow. Be it a Holstein, Hereford or Maine Anjou, Red Angus, Black Bally or Belgian Blue from Tabor, Texas – or Timbuktu.


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On the Edge of Common Sense: The young politician

October 23, 2020
Baxter Black
He rose in the class, hand over his heart,
and spoke of his future career.
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On the Edge of Common Sense: The feedlot woman

September 24, 2020
Baxter Black
I have known and worked with many women in the feedlot business. Some as cowboys, some as vets, some as lay doctors, as cattle processors, feed truck drivers, foremen (or forepersons) and managers (or should that be womanagers?).
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On the Edge of Common Sense: Handicapped golfer

August 25, 2020
Baxter Black

It was impossible to predict which direction my ball would go. By the third hole, we’d traded our golf cart in for an all-terrain vehicle and the rest of our foursome was driving an armored personnel carrier.


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On the Edge of Common Sense: Corriente auction

July 24, 2020
Baxter Black
It could only happen to a cowboy. Thurman had established himself as a figure of some note in the Corriente Association.
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On the Edge of Common Sense: Hind speak

June 24, 2020
Baxter Black
“Hey buddy, maybe you’ll rope better after your horse foals. Ha ha!”
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On the Edge of Common Sense: The cowboy ball

May 22, 2020
Baxter Black
In the midst of Covid-19, one of the deepest psychoses is loneliness. “Social distance,” sliding takeout tacos under the door, being served pizza across the counter like a Frisbee, having to carry a measuring tape and whip it out like Marshall Dillon to confirm 6 feet every time some masked stranger comes your way … all to prevent civil discourse and staying friends.
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On the Edge of Common Sense: Nature films

April 24, 2020
Baxter Black
“Here we are, friends, on the Serengeti Plains in the wilds of Serengeti.” As the crowd leans in closer to the television we see the swaying baobab trees ... an endless sea of grass waving off into the horizon.
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