tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post8314501043996354059..comments2024-03-28T18:04:43.571-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Trigger Warning. Seriously. Literal Trigger Warning As Hunting Is Very Much InvolvedMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8929120830634820602018-11-27T22:29:53.493-05:002018-11-27T22:29:53.493-05:00Hunting responsibly and safely preparing the meat ...Hunting responsibly and safely preparing the meat are skills that shouldn't be lost. We may need them someday. I wish my father had been here to teach my son. Meanwhile, police are investigating and people are upset because a deer probably shot with a bow was found dead in some woods in my severely deer over-populated town.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70724074701905652382018-11-26T09:45:37.557-05:002018-11-26T09:45:37.557-05:00Oh boy, do I understand your feelings about huntin...Oh boy, do I understand your feelings about hunting. I was raised to think of hunters as the scum of the earth, but then married a man for whom hunting was a treasured part of his life. And he’s careful and ethical and, thankfully, hunts relatively few species. I’m such an animal lover that I hate the thought. But then, I do eat meat and know that the industrial lives and “processing “ that torture most of our food animals are much worse. So, it’s complicated. As we get older, my husband has reduced his hunting, eliminating deer hunting in part after learning about the social structures of deer, but also because he just didn’t enjoy it much any more. Everything changes. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689105159583465606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-43620264315165908282018-11-25T23:01:24.457-05:002018-11-25T23:01:24.457-05:00Our lives are so very different, and yet by heart ...Our lives are so very different, and yet by heart we are so much the same. I marvel at it, these glimpses of life in Lloyd, so different from the life I know, and your authenticity and lovingness, always. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-20307658006656045142018-11-25T19:06:47.165-05:002018-11-25T19:06:47.165-05:00I am not a fan of hunting although I respect peopl...I am not a fan of hunting although I respect peoples right to do so and surely don't hold it against them! It sounds as though Owen has not only been taught the technicalities of hunting, but he has the solemn pride and reverence that goes with the action. Proud of you, Owen!<br />Susan MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53995944566503291492018-11-25T11:07:10.680-05:002018-11-25T11:07:10.680-05:00You know, Mr. P., I absolutely remember how it fel...You know, Mr. P., I absolutely remember how it felt to be a child and because of that, it is impossible for me not to recognize each of my grandchildren as unique humans, each so very different and so worthy of respect. I think that some of us forget how complex and intense our thoughts and feelings can be when we are children. Perhaps the most complex and intense of our lives! And they are what shape us forever. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5940198207056647472018-11-25T11:04:59.333-05:002018-11-25T11:04:59.333-05:00Perhaps you could trade something for some venison...Perhaps you could trade something for some venison from one of your hunting neighbors. And I can surely give you recipes! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-13921424228273831732018-11-25T11:04:22.162-05:002018-11-25T11:04:22.162-05:00Oh, Jo! I hope so! I hope everything's going t...Oh, Jo! I hope so! I hope everything's going to be all right. <br />Owen is definitely a man-boy now. Or man-cub. I love him so. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5065900467615255402018-11-25T11:03:23.694-05:002018-11-25T11:03:23.694-05:00It IS a rite of passage, Steve. And Owen is a very...It IS a rite of passage, Steve. And Owen is a very thoughtful boy. Can you believe that the little boy you met is so grown up? Seems like just yesterday that we took that walk in Lloyd together and he was so impressed with you that he still remembers you. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70090975812148791412018-11-25T11:01:21.869-05:002018-11-25T11:01:21.869-05:00Nope. Owen is absolutely aware of the different as...Nope. Owen is absolutely aware of the different aspects of what he is doing. And that is part of the responsibility of it for sure. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-39933230676499205572018-11-25T11:00:23.304-05:002018-11-25T11:00:23.304-05:00It IS good to know how to be safe around a gun. Th...It IS good to know how to be safe around a gun. That's for sure. And it's also for sure that not everyone wants or needs to be a hunter. <br />Especially in our world today. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44147844514440351372018-11-25T10:59:18.515-05:002018-11-25T10:59:18.515-05:00August is certainly good at telling stories and ma...August is certainly good at telling stories and making them up, too. For example- the imaginary bulldozer. I asked him what color it is and he said, "Green." <br />He also told me that he was wearing a green shirt which is like the leaves on the trees and brown pants which are like the tree trunks. <br />It makes me HAPPY that you eat organic chickens with names. Those chickens were raised right, I am sure. I would eat my own chickens if I had to. <br />I imagine that Wyoming was a different culture but I imagine that even there, there might have been some sort of ritual-like activity when a young person killed his first deer. Or maybe not. But it's a pretty culture-wide ritual. <br />Humans are strange and in some ways, I guess it is good for some of us to practice old ways. We are way too separated from what meat actually is when we buy it at the store. I am, at least. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64311953534120453282018-11-25T10:35:35.768-05:002018-11-25T10:35:35.768-05:00I love the way you write about your grandchildren ...I love the way you write about your grandchildren - with such warmth, such understanding and such respect too. To you their lives seem equal to your own. They are unique one-off human beings. Regarding the killing, I will just say that I am somebody who avoids killing flies.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-72220933511355987472018-11-25T10:35:26.637-05:002018-11-25T10:35:26.637-05:00We don't hunt. we don't even own a gun. bu...We don't hunt. we don't even own a gun. but many of my neighbors do and they eat what they kill. I'd like to have some clean meat, as you put it, and Owen should be very proud of providing for his family, but hunting is not on my agenda, especially at this point in my life. I was raised a city girl after all.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-86290977895536720792018-11-25T09:59:08.861-05:002018-11-25T09:59:08.861-05:00This vegetarian completely agrees! Beats buying a ...This vegetarian completely agrees! Beats buying a burger from McDonalds. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-86779810925433096672018-11-25T09:58:31.667-05:002018-11-25T09:58:31.667-05:00If your grandchildren are the future, then everyth...If your grandchildren are the future, then everything's going to be alright. <br /><br />Wow, though, Owen. Such a great grown up man boy. You're amazing!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-1649541468837483472018-11-25T03:42:36.132-05:002018-11-25T03:42:36.132-05:00As I've said before, if a person is hunting an...As I've said before, if a person is hunting and eating what they kill, I don't see anything wrong with it. I don't really GET it, since I'd much rather just go to Publix -- and yes I realize that disassociates me from the killing, which has its own implications -- but to each his own! I'm glad Owen was proud of his kill and that his whole family will benefit. As Invisigal says above, it's a rite of passage.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-42652887788725804072018-11-24T21:57:30.755-05:002018-11-24T21:57:30.755-05:00I am a vegetarian but I am proud of Owen. In ancie...I am a vegetarian but I am proud of Owen. In ancient human cultures this would mark the arrival of his manhood - providing meat for the tribe. And you know he didn't do it lightly or irreverently. No grandchild of yours ever could.<br /><br />-invisigalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70550746260501630432018-11-24T21:17:41.703-05:002018-11-24T21:17:41.703-05:00tony's dad hunted and tony tried but didn'...tony's dad hunted and tony tried but didn't have the heart for it. one thing about it, he knew how to be safe around a gun, and i think for that, it's worth knowing about. your grandson is taking his deer from the field to the table and that's the kind of hunting i respect the most.<br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70948190264756413182018-11-24T20:52:36.013-05:002018-11-24T20:52:36.013-05:00August will be THE story teller for the entire fam...August will be THE story teller for the entire family, fill him with some of your best! The hunting thing...Where I grew up it was as common as breathing, but then one year my Dad decided that he would rather not and could justify it no longer, he quit hunting and fishing too.My brother became a vegetarian and also quit blowing holes in critters. I went hunting once, the end, became a vegetarian for about twelve years until I was see through. Now I eat organic chicken with names- that probably hurts you more than the nameless deer. Every body has got to eat, I guess, but "pride" never entered our conversations about hunting, even when my brother became the perfect marksman. But that was in the wild west of Wyoming, an entirely different culture to be sure. Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.com