Shepherd Bliss
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Shepherd Bliss recently retired from college teaching and moved back to Kokopelli Farm in Northern California. He has contributed to 18 books, most recently Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace.
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A former McDonald's cook explains his return to the family farm 22
Posted 3 years agoWorking at McDonald's got me to college, for which I thank the world's largest restaurant chain. I worked there for three years, beginning at about $1 an hour, during the middle of the 20th century. Back then, a buck bought something. I consumed tons of hamburgers and fries and gallons of milkshakes for free -- unconscious consumption.
Bliss on the farm.
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I have not thought much about McDonald's in the 40 years since I worked there, during which time I have never eaten there again. But McDonald's and restaurants… Read More