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It s calving time on the farm. This is Sugar, a 2019 calf. When do you think the farm s first 2021 calf will arrive? Soon, I hope! (Miles Smith Farm) Last week I wrote about calling a steer a bull. I was told that was insider slang for oxen, but an email from Art Pease made me wonder. This week Art shared this message from a man who worked oxen teams long ago. I don t know when the reference to steers and oxen as bulls started; I know it was very well accepted and used in the New England ox pulling community when I pulled cattle in the 70s. The generation ahead of me used it at that time. The generation behind me continues to reference steers and oxen that pull as bulls. My guess is, it makes them sound more masculine? Regardless, the terminology is well-rooted in the Northeast pulling community for over half a century.
Obituary: Anna Alexandrovna Razhova, 36, of Litchfield
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Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson is a clinical associate professor (affiliated) of Neurosurgery at Stanford School of Medicine and Clinical Research Director for Rehabilitation Services at VA Palo Alto.
April is Military Child month, and the San Mateo County of Veterans Services is encouraging everyone to wear purple on Friday to show their support and gratitude for the sacrifices and strength that military families, and in particular, children, make when a parent volunteers to protect and defend all Americans. The premise of Purple Up day is based on the symbolic meaning of the color in the military world. Purple represents the concept of unit or of all branches of service. If you mix the blue of the Air Force and Navy, green of the Army, and red of the Marine you get purple a color associated with spirituality, service, commitment to a higher purpose, truth, knowledge, self-respect, dignity, and integrity.