Monthly Archives: December 2020

Fit To Ride, For The Record Because I’m going to want to remember where I went.   Awareness of the outside world. Daily news briefs by Deborah Cox Richardson. If you’re strong enough. ~~~ “Does bling matter? You might as well ask if horse show ribbons matter. and that’s just plain heresy.” [Green Bay] I’llContinue reading “Recap Week 2020 Fitness, Medal Medley”

I went two for two on beta readers telling me that the post drafted for today was confrontational. I didn’t see it that way, but that’s why one has beta readers. Since I couldn’t see the effect, I couldn’t change it nor accurately weigh the merits of letting it stand. This is unusual for me.Continue reading “Alternatively, The WABAC Machine Shows How To Win A Cocktail Party”

Riding Journal, Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse.   Awareness of the outside world. Sad that the roll-out is going slowly. Logistics are hard. Even I know this. Why weren’t folks running every-possible-contingency scenarios for the last nine months? Any progress is good. Faster would be better. CNN: US officials promised 20 million vaccinatedContinue reading “Recap Week 2020 Horses, Lemonade Made”

Blogging About Blogging   Awareness of the outside world. Wondering about Nashville. Contacted friends who live even vaguely near. As one does. ~~~ The blog kept going. Everything else treaded water. For 2020, that counts as victory. “So that’s my schedule: blog, bike for exercise, horses, stare into space.” Still true, although more walking thanContinue reading “Recap Week 2020 Blog, Linkfest”

Images   Awareness of the outside world. From the bookshelf. What Is Color? by Arielle Eckstut & Joann Eckstut (Abrams 2020) ~~~   Ultimate Gray + Illuminating (yellow), Pantone Orchid Flower, Coloro + WGSN, announcement says 2022. Typo or forward thinking? Aegean Teal, Benjamin Moore Urbane Bronze, Sherwin-Williams Epoch, Graham & Brown, also a wallpaperContinue reading “Colors of the Year 2021”

Words Writing About Writing   Awareness of the outside world. Free fiction. Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi. Subterranean Press: Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick. Bending Genres: You Had Me At Blue Hair by moi. ~~~ Past Fiction Fiction posted in 2020. Upside, wrote more than I realized. Downside, no closerContinue reading “Recap Week 2020 Fiction, Table of Contents”