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Blogging About Blogging Awareness of the outside world. ANC: Players mourn loss of Alabama pool hall where everybody knew your name, McKinney, July 29, 2022. ~~~ [Digital Has Replaced the Darkroom, Portrait of A Photographer In Post Production, Guest Photo] 2019, photo by Meg McKinney Getting back into photography with the big camera, for all theContinue reading “State of the Blog, Photo Theory and Photo Class Recap”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. APM: Mary Peltola becomes first Alaska Native elected to Congress, Ruskin & George, August 31, 2022. ~~~ Partway back to status quo ante prior to tweaking my ankle. [Bored] Lots of walking. Getting back on bicycle. OTOH, have not tried Tai Chi yet. So many of theContinue reading “State of the Fitness, Ambling About”

Blogging About Blogging Awareness of the outside world. A cute Wordle story. Braymere Custom Saddlery: O-L-I-V-E, Monday, April 25, 2022.~~~ Text of the new Now page. [Archive] ———— As of 1 September 2022 After taking most of last month off, horses are back in work. (Crosses fingers.) Milton is lungeing preparatory to maybe hitching again.Continue reading “State of the Now, School In Session”

Riding, Vicariously Awareness of the outside world. The Hoof Blog: Farriers at the Herning 2022 FEI World Championships: Who was minding the forge? Saturday, August 27, 2022 ~~~ No lesson last week, barn at Louisville. [The Illustrated Month, August] SSF entry picks up a ribbon. You can see Coach Courtney’s smile from here. Helmet Watch ByContinue reading “Cheering The Championships, Another Couch Potato Weekend, ASB & Vaulting”

Horsekeeping Prior to Riding Awareness of the outside world. Vox: Anyone can fall for online scams — even you. Here’s how to avoid them, Morrison, Jun 29, 2022. ~~~ In which we reintroduce the concept of work to the horses. Brushes located. Tack dusted off. The above applied in requisite order. Milton lunged. Rodney walkedContinue reading “Let The Deferalizing Begin”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “The uncrewed Artemis I mission … is targeting liftoff on August 29 between 8:33 a.m. ET and 10:33 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.” CNN: How to watch the Artemis I mission lift off to the moon, Strickland, August 28, 2022. Emphasis mine. Update. CNN: Today’sContinue reading “Taking a Splinter to the ER, Rodney Visits the Vet”

Images Art of the outside world. The Met: Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color. Check out the tabs for Visiting Guide & Exhibition Objects. ~~~ X, History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau, Princeton. Had Blue & Black. Splurged on the rest of the rainbow. Hence the shiny covers. They are sitll in plastic. White hasContinue reading “Pastureau’s Palette”