Country Lifestyles
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
By Martha Crump | [email protected]
In his 1914 poem, “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost coined the phrase, “good fences make good neighbors.” The speaker in Frost’s poem finds humor in the fact that his pine cones are not going to cross the property line to eat his neighbor’s apples from his orchard and even asks his neighbor why a fence was needed if there are no cows. He further pondered what exactly they might be walling in or walling out, but the neighbor stands firmly behind his father’s advice of, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Ironically, the division between the neighbors’ land in the poem is the one thing that routinely brought the two men together.
Understanding fence law in Texas is an interesting undertaking at best, frustrating at worst and highly dependent upon not only local or county laws, but on fence location as well. Texas is an open-range state, meaning just that – livestock owners do not have to fence in their livestock to keep them from roaming at large. More than a century ago, the Texas Supreme Court supported the open-range policy by stating, “If the cattle of one person wander upon the [unenclosed] lands of another…they are not trespassers, and the owner is not liable for any damage that they may inflict.” As recently as 1999, the Texas Supreme Court again upheld this concept, holding that “it is the right of every owner of domestic animals in this state…to allow them to run at large.”
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
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