Buck the Bull: Understanding Life, Death

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Lying in the grass, Buck "is a big black rhombus, chewing his cud peacefully."

Julie Zickefoose
Lying in the grass, Buck "is a big black rhombus, chewing his cud peacefully."
Commentator Julie Zickefoose likes to stop and visit with one of her neighbors in the rural part of Ohio where she lives: Buck, an enormous Angus bull. He has taught her much about the nature of life, death and friendship.
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