Fall New (Samhain) Moon
Lunch with Bill Schmidt. Bill says “the universe works” and means in part by that that problems have solutions even if they’re not evident through the usual channels. His working example is his own experience with a milking herd for which he was responsible.
The herd came down with pseudomonas. As he said, bad news. The Wisconsin state vet advised him to kill the herd and start over. No, he thought to himself, someone out there knows the answer. So he kept himself open to an answer as he worked the land in Door County. It came through a soil tester who knew a guy who might know something.
Sure enough, this person had a solution that involved colostrum. Mammals produce colostrum in late pregnancy. It is a milk that contains antibodies to protect the infant animal against disease. It saved his herd.
The larger lesson, Bill believes, is that we need to keep ourselves in a constant state of openness for answers, for new information, for ways of thinking that might seem strange, yet have real value. He practices this in his daily life.
Charlie,
Thanks for he entry. BTW. The picture of the cows in the show ring raises my level of empathy for the cows. Their udders are bigger than any Dolly you have ever seen. They are stretched to the maximum so that they will appear “attractive to the judge.” Much like Dolly did it with silicone to attract any passing male observer. This is done with selective genetics that has each cow producing huge quantities of milk and burning out at a very young age. This demonstrates another abuse of nature just to get the blue ribbon and be first, and to make a profit. “When will we ever learn.”