January 20, 2003

all firm disciples of cow death

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I drove into Munising for some Subway sandwiches this afternoon.  When I came out of Subway, I noticed the interesting snow drifts on the roof of the Gitchee Gumee Bowling Lanes.  In addition to steady daily snows, Alger County has been living with temperatures in the single digits.

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A few weeks before something dramatic actually happened.  Through the bushes surrounding the screened porch I could see the rancher Bob Bergier in his white pickup dragging a dead cow from the corral up to the boneyard on the side of a rock-strewn hill.  Twelve cow dogs followed, all firm disciples of cow death.  The dogs pranced in delight, a truly big meal in the offing.

Jim Harrison,
from his memoir titled "Off to the Side"

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