Animals, Farming, Healthcare, Pets and Livestock, Rural Living

Ruminations on the High Cost of Healthcare, and How to Bring it Down–2023

It's been almost exactly eight years since I published a version of the post below on Ricochet.  (Time really does fly when you're having fun.) I was reminded of it this week, when I had a rare encounter with health care of the human sort myself. On Monday night (it's now Saturday), I did my… Continue reading Ruminations on the High Cost of Healthcare, and How to Bring it Down–2023

Family, Funny Links, Love, Uncategorized

Champis, The Sheep Herding Rabbit, And Maudie Nichols

The best part of this little video may be the utterly useless Border Collie, who I think might be stuffed. I first "met" Champis the Sheepherding Rabbit over a decade ago, online.  What can I say?  People send me these sorts of things all the time.  I pass them on whenever I can. The audio… Continue reading Champis, The Sheep Herding Rabbit, And Maudie Nichols

Animals, Farming, Healthcare, Pets and Livestock, Rural Living

How To Bring Down The High Cost of Healthcare: RWKJ’s Medical Plan!

It seems that it's about time for the regular pre-election "Let's Fix the High Cost of Healthcare Once And For All!" national political posturing extravaganza, so I thought I'd throw in my two cents, and present what I'm pretty sure is a unique and extraordinarily effective solution. I’ve alluded to this subject in a few… Continue reading How To Bring Down The High Cost of Healthcare: RWKJ’s Medical Plan!

Funny Links, Uncategorized

Champis, The Sheep Herding Rabbit

The best part may be the utterly ineffective Border Collie, who appears to be stuffed. Also the audio track by Flanagan and Allen singing a jolly song from my childhood. I’m sure it would never make it into the nursery today. Far too many carnivorous references and much too much violent imagery. Kids always seem to… Continue reading Champis, The Sheep Herding Rabbit