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Someone murdered the neighborhood groundhog

Remember this guy? I will tell you a story and it will make you sad. Ray called me at work Wednesday afternoon and was out of breath. We played phone tag for a few minutes since my new desk (we moved workstations this week) is in a black hole and drops calls. When I finally got him on my work phone, here is the story that unfolded: He and Holden were heading out, when Ray…

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I hate/love nature

Animal life in the wilds of Antioch, Tenn.

This is a groundhog, right? This little guy gets around. I see him in our and the neighbors’ back yards as well as across the street in the horse pasture. He’s the size of a very large cat or a raccoon. You can’t tell scale from this crop but you can see the fence behind him here. He’s always sifting through the dirt and grass when I see him. He has a really interesting pattern…

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