Texas Escapee Bill Kirby is publisher of the Columbia County News Times. His postcards are available here . By Bill Kirby Columnist People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
Deer are amazing creatures.
To see one up close as it bounds from the underbrush, takes a graceful leap, then soars through the air only to land and disappear from view is one of nature's beautiful images. It happened to me twice last week, and I got to thinking something must be going on. We are entering the season for wandering deer, and companies like Response Insurance of White Plains, N.Y., are sending out warnings that those soft, gentle creatures from Disney movies can tear up your vehicle. Your visibility is limited in these situations, and so is the animal's. Turn on your high beams.