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On the Edge of Common Sense: Tolerance

December 31, 2020

Baxter Black

When our opinions get as immovable as a granite outhouse, God has a way of shaking the foundation.

On the Edge of Common Sense: Carol’s story

March 11, 2020

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Carol’s story is just another glamorous tale of a city girl who married a romantic Nebraska Sandhills rancher years ago and became a “vocational cow assistant” for life.

On the Edge of Common Sense: Cow disturber

January 17, 2020

Baxter Black

McGraw posed an interesting question. If a cowboy herds a herd of cattle, we call him a herder. If a sheep man herds a flock of sheep, he’s still a herder. Why isn’t he called a flocker?

On The Edge of Common Sense: The cost of recycling

December 31, 2019

Baxter Black

We try to be faithful recyclers around the house. I make regular runs to town with the pickup full of newspapers, bottles, aluminum cans, cardboard boxes and tin.

On The Edge of Common Sense: The anti-smoking device

November 27, 2019

Baxter Black

Many years ago, Dr. Erfan called to tell me his story. He’d spent 17 years inventing and testing a device to help people quit smoking. It involved a small battery-operated unit that clips in your ear like a hearing aid.

On the Edge of Common Sense: Take care of yer friends

September 30, 2019

Baxter Black

Friend is a word that I don’t throw around
Though it’s used and abused, I still like the sound.
I save it for people who’ve done right by me
And I know I can count on if ever need be.

On the Edge of Common Sense: The cost of recycling

July 19, 2019

Baxter Black

We try to be faithful recyclers around the house. I make regular runs to town with the pickup full of newspapers, bottles, aluminum cans, cardboard boxes and tin.

On the Edge of Common Sense: Backwoods wisdom

May 24, 2019

Baxter Black

“Age-in’ a cow is ’bout the thing I hate most. Seems like they can tell the instant you cross the line into the strike zone.”

On the Edge of Common Sense: The rookie DVM

March 11, 2019

Baxter Black

How many of you have ever had a new veterinarian out to your place? You think you’re scared?

On the Edge of Common Sense: Peasants hunting pheasants

January 18, 2019

Baxter Black

Each fall, the governor of the great state of South Dakota hosts his Invitational Pheasant Hunt. This is meant to be a way to show off South Dakota’s state bird, their pride and joy, the wily pheasant.

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