The southern state where I was born and raised is considered something of a "backwater" to sophisticates on either coast. However, it is positively cosmopolitan compared to where I live now. Don't misunderstand, I'm not complaining. A quiet life is just what I need right now. However, sometimes things happen that remind me of just how remote it is here. Last night was one of those times.
I usually don't watch the local news on TV, but I did last night to find out the weather forecast. The first several news stories on the broadcast were the kinds of things you might expect from any local news show...a guilty plea in a murder trial, etc. But, at that point, the station evidently ran out of news altogether. So, what do you put in a news cast when there is no news?
The next "news" story was about a rancher who was pleased to discover that some of his land had very little snow, so he was able to keep his cattle on the pasture rather than feeding them hay. That's all. I stayed tuned in, thinking there would be some angle that would make it newsworthy. Nope. It talked about the money he was saving on hay, and the various places on his land he was using.
That was the news. Cows are eating grass. Yes, it's a quiet life here.
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