by Helen Vollmer, VOLLMER Houston
Ah, the Glorious 12th!
At least that’s what today is called in the UK as Red Grouse season begins. In listening to NPR this morning, it would appear that this is a huge economic deal in rural areas of Brittania as hunters take to the field to stalk field birds. I think for the rest of us, we should take a more literal approach to the term Grouse Season and use it to complain about more frivolous but still newsworthy items.
For example, where is the news coverage during the Olympic Games? While I’ve been a total couch potato watching Michael Phelps rack up his well deserved medals, I periodically have been searching , mostly in vain, for real world events. Come on, news media—something HAS to be happening in the world that deserves more coverage. Also on my grouse list—on a more mundane level—is why Americans don’t get more vacation time. Has anyone else out there tried to find anyone doing business in France lately? If the EU can all go to the beach in Torremolinas for the month of August, why not us?
One more grumble before I let someone else take the mantle of Grouse Season. Coming from a South Texas hunting family, I think all you anti-gun folks should thank hunters for helping to keep game populations under control. You folks living in Austin who have deer munching your gardens know what I’m talking about. Hunting—whether its deer or grouse—is a great sport if done responsibly. The rule in our home is if you kill it, you clean it and you eat it. And as for sport—oops, it brings us full circle back to the Olympics again—anyone been watching the shooting events?
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