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Sports of the outside world. OmegaBall. Three-sided soccer. ~~~ Swim supplies from Dick’s Sporting Goods I do remember that the original goal of Fitness Friday was getting in shape for riding. A dog can dream. Swimming Haven’t been since pre-pandemic. Got new gear. Found bathing suit. Went swimming. Lasted 10 minutes. Only went once. WeContinue reading “Restarting, State of the Fitness”

Time of the outside world. When is now? Fervent thank you to the person who reminded me that an interview which takes place at 11 am PDT is at 1 pm CDT, not 9 am CDT. ~~~ Updated Now Page +++ September 2023 Let’s do this! Andiamo! Allons-y! +++ Last Month [Here Comes That Month,Continue reading “Let’s Do This! A New Month, State of the Now”

Awareness of the outside world. Went to the dump. Went to get hay. Saw a lot of my truck. Did not see a lot of news. ~~~ Horses and humans go for a walk each morning. Get up. Get horses. Walk back and forth for a mile. Go on about our day. Even weekends. SomeContinue reading “The Morning Constitutional”

Awareness of the outside world. Mark your calendars. FEMA: FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, 2023. ~~~ We have a few names to contact. They have horses available now &/or might be helpful in the future. Not local, but in the same time zone. I, of course, am wallowing inContinue reading “Small Steps in the Horse Search”

Awareness of the outside world. US News: Have We Forgotten the True Meaning of Labor Day? The first Labor Day was hardly a national holiday. Workers had to strike to celebrate it. By The Conversation, Sept. 1, 2023. ~~~ Rodney is getting less anxious, which is good. Warm weather? Supplement? [Dumbo’s Magic Feather] Unrelated movementContinue reading “Rodney’s Spot”

Art of the outside world. CNN: Dragon Con program art through the years, 2013. Program covers from 1987 to 2012. ~~~ ~~~ Process Notes. Original work, but the result feels familiar. Would not be surprised if obvious influences were lurking in cobwebbed corners of my brain. Shapes, in order of appearance. Onwards!Katherine

The same interview. Again. Off camera, I made fists. It kept my patience. “No. Aliens are not visiting us.” Pause. “The theory is that visitors would understand our technology. Ergo, a contact email address.” Pause. “No false positives.” The password required confirmation through SETI. On my computer, an alert beeped. You’ve got mail. ~~~ AfterwordContinue reading “Searching for 53, Fiction”