VISITING AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE APRIL 2009 WYOMING FRIENDS Forwarded From American Aid Society of German Descendants Terril Mills
This is the Wyoming Mountain Hilton with vacancy at the moment, heat is with wood and frozen water outside the door. Guests are welcome. Bring your own snow machine.
Hello from Wyoming to all in the cold and windy country of famous Governors and Presidents. Now take note, I did not say good or bad, just famous, we can each decide the good or bad part. Here in Wyoming we are famous for a vice president who has great hunting abilities when it comes to finding lawyers to use for clay pigeons. He even saves the lawyer so that he can use him again later. On a more serious note, it is nice that the election is finally over. I hope that we can see some common sense responsibility take shape in Washington D.C. I am not too optimistic about the common sense part happening. Our western way of life will again be under assault with all three branches of government controlled by the Democratic Party, as is how the cycle has been. I mention this, as many of you people in the urban areas may not be aware of the attacks on our western way of life to manage our land for the best results for wildlife and Man that we endure whenever the Democratic Party is in power. That is part of the price we pay for living here in this beautiful rocky mountain land where my nearest neighbor lives about 2 miles away, except of course when hunting season is under way. That is when the hills are ablaze with orange and become infested with macho men who bring us Wisconsin cheese, and German treats. That part, we really like. The part not so good is that my nearest neighbor is behind every bush or hill I can see as hundreds of macho men with accents invade the small town of Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
Right now, another year of new calves is under way. Here is a picture of a week old calf getting a bit of a tasty snack from mom to stay warm. The weather has dropped to -22° a few times this winter but has not stayed bitter for too long. The new calves are doing well with the cold so far. Fortunately we do not get the famous Chicago wind. We are getting a winter that is much like the normal cold winters of the past. Snowfall is above average, even higher than last years record snow and cold. No global warming to be found for the present.
This brand new calf born in the shed last night at 0° is being watched quite closely by an attentive momma cow, who is not sure if she should trust the photographer who creeps so close to her baby. The calf is doing fine and finding the snow quite a fun treat to play in. Life goes on here on the ranch, with Becky Mills running to take care of kids in school and Terril Mills watching after the cows. We also find time to attend basketball games where Coulter and Cassie are playing quite well. Time to apply for hunting licenses will soon be here and David and Terril look forward to joining with the Kickers hunters to search for venison. Terril and Becky look forward to being grandparents as Jamin and Shara expect their baby in April. I wish all the Soccer players a good year and may the American Aid Society be blessed to continue the good that they do thanks to the donations of so many of you. Remember the good that is felt within us from service to others in need. May we all have the opportunity to feel the warmth and satisfaction of service to our neighbors.
By Terril Mills
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