Only in Alaska……. This guy raised an abandoned moose calf with his horses, and believe it or not, he has trained it for lumber removal and other hauling tasks. Given the 2,000 pounds of robust muscle, and the splayed, grippy hooves, he claims it is the best work animal he has. He says the secret to keeping the moose around is a sweet salt lick,although during the rut he disappears for a couple of weeks, but always comes home…. impressive! UPDATE: CLICK HERE.

When Ally and I scoured the Maritimes and as much of Quebec and Ontario as we could a few years ago, our eyes were peeled for a moose. Any moose. We saw plenty of pictures of moose, signs warning us of moose crossings and we even found some moose antlers to bring home. They were confiscated at the border. I just wanted to see a real live moose…something to replace the image of a stuffed one in a museum. We never did see one. Had I known about this big guy, we would have paid him a visit.

Dane’s chair is on the repair list with John of B & K, but it may be awhile. Meantime, he’s in his room and listening to the news. He is such a news junkie. There must be a news junkie quiz show somewhere he could enter. He won’t be able to come here tomorrow and I’ll miss that. I know he will.

You’ll not want to miss the exchange between Dr. Strangelove and Jesse that is found in the comment section below the Barack Obama pictures.

Brit, Ally and Ruby had their usual Sunday morning breakfast together at KCs…and I had to tag along. Mollie, the cute waitress who is Bino’s granddaughter, always comes to the table to give Brit a Sunday morning hug. Laura always has a big smile and some deep jabs to get our morning off to a good start. Edie and George sat at the table next to us so we caught up with their remodeling project and other daily events. It was our social event for the day. The Lutherans flood in after church at the time we are winding down. I don’t know how Karen stands the pace of all that cooking.

Ally is getting a wood stove from Milestone for Green Acres. They are coming to lay tile mid-week and the stove after that. She is anticipating it will help with their utility bills. Ally used to cut 10 -12 cords of wood (herself) when she lived in Breck to get through the long winters where she lived on the side of a mountain up 11,000 feet. It snowed there on the 4th of July so she knows cold weather and how much help a woodstove can help.

Henry Hyde, who worked hard to ensure that low-income women were denied reproductive health access, has died.

We have 29 days until the end of the year to kill 118 more soldiers in the war on terror to round it out to 4,000. We’re hearing about how the surge is working so well. It doesn’t sound like it to me when the numbers are always skewed. 28,582 wounded is not an acceptable number. They fail to account for over 20,000 TBI injuries, over 300 coalition fatalities, and the estimated 84,705 Iraqis that have been killed.

How is it OJ Mayo can play 6 years of high school basketball?

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. E. B. White

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