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Driving Behind a Chicken Truck

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K Mark Schofer

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What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept?

Chicken Truck

Many years ago I was driving behind a chicken truck, as I was driving from southern Virginia to my parents house on the Del Mar Peninsula. Delaware has a lot of chickens. I looked at the chicken truck and the chickens in the crate breathing in the fumes of the truck as they were headed to their ultimate demise.

I decided if I don’t eat meat, the chicken won’t have to ride next to the exhaust. there have been many iterations over the years and I feel good about eating no animal products.

New Years Resolutions

I make public New Year’s resolutions occasionally. What I’m doing is poking fun at the whole New Year’s resolution thing. But now it has become a tradition of sports. Usually my New Year’s resolution states how many spring onions I’m going to eat in a particular year.

This year it was carrots. I made a public goal to eat. 600 carrots this year. I stopped keeping track when we moved when I was at 420. That’s the thing about this resolution, no it’s ever going to call you out on it.

Außerdem

Ich habe mir versprochen, die deutsche Sprache zu lernen und zu sprechen. Dieses Versprechen begleitet mich stets.

I promised myself, I would learn to speak German. And some weird convoluted way me sitting behind a chicken truck it’s loosely connected to me, wanting to learn German. There is a thread to connect the two. If you have seen the movie Project Hail Mary, it does explain the connection. Sort of.

3 responses to “Driving Behind a Chicken Truck”

  1. vermavkv Avatar
    vermavkv

    What a fascinating and wonderfully personal post! I really enjoyed the way you connected seemingly unrelated experiences into one thoughtful reflection. Your story about the chicken truck is both poignant and thought-provoking, showing how a single moment can inspire a lifelong commitment to living according to one’s values.

    I also smiled at your playful take on New Year’s resolutions. The carrot challenge is such a fun tradition, reminding us that goals don’t always have to be serious to keep us motivated and entertained.

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    Anonymous

    Those very chicken trucks helped me to chose to eat more carrots as well. Chickens would fall off the truck and sit on the side of the road with no earthly idea what to do. They are bred for eating with little thought given to their intelligence. Factory farming disgusts me.

  3. K Mark Schofer Avatar
    K Mark Schofer

    Factory farming is embarrassing.

I would love to hear you opinion as well

Hello,

I’m Mark

His friends observe Mark seems wired a little differently. Perhaps it’s more likely that noticing little things often missed by others is a relic of a quieter, simpler time. He has a way with words, which he refuses to let be hindered by sub-par typing skills. People have great stories to tell if you sit and listen.

A belief dear to Mark is that there is certain beauty in the world. You simply have to look for it.

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