"I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it.
"When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes.
"Every American has the constitutional right not to be taxed or have his tax money expended for the establishment of religion.
"For too long the issue of government aid to church related organizations has been a divisive force in our society and in the Congress. It has erected communication barriers among our religions and fostered intolerance."
— -- Sam Ervin, Quotations from Chairman Sam: The Wit and Wisdom of Senator Sam Ervin (1973)
they are everywhere here
We have tons of turkey vultures here. They do a service--eating all the road kill around these parts. This past week, I've seen lots of dead bunnies on the roads. It's so funny to think that we live less than 200 miles apart, and I see things every day that you all never see in the city. My youngest and I have been observing, when I drive her to school, how a dead deer carcass in a denuded corn field has been feeding crows for a while now. The cold has kept the carcass "on ice".

I forget that you city folks don't have wild animals.