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Riding Awareness of the outside world. “I will never understand why wearing masks was a big deal. I will never understand why vaccines became the enemy.” @Dan Rather on Twitter~~~ Hank the Wonder Horse. Photo courtesy of instructor. I’ve been thinking about my lesson. [Hank Got Hops] That could be good. Digesting what I learned.Continue reading “Learning My Lessons, Or Not”

Images Awareness of the outside world. Art Cloth Network. Assist to Balloon Juice: Faithful Lurker – Making Art Cloth and Art Quilts! by WaterGirl.~~~ Attalla AL, May 2021. Not to be confused with Maverik-with-a-K gas stations. Similar color scheme, no horsehead logo, 350 locations in 11 western states. Maverik: About. Maverix-with-an-X appears to have aContinue reading “Equine Logo, Maverix Gas”

Thoughts August needs to pull its socks up. Contacted fancy hunter/jumper barn about next jumping lesson. [Hank Got Hops] Out of town. Please get back in touch after Labor Day. I hate August. Get all excited about new possibilities, and … wait three weeks. This would be annoying at any time, more so now whenContinue reading “On A Related Note, In Which I Consider The Month We Find Ourselves In”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Don’t settle for consent. Hold out for enthusiasm. For more on the subject, RAINN: What Consent Looks Like.~~~ tldr: Figured out why I am drawn to dance and why I will never be good at it. [New Shoes, Not for the Horse!] Dance as a Physical Activity IContinue reading “The Music, and The Mirror, and The Chance To Dance, One Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Graphic from NJ Department of Health, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Assist to Instagram: @dr.berthahidalgo. (In case your viewer is squashing the image, larger vertical format below.) ~~~ Proof of jumping lesson! !!! We jumped this. It wasn’t horrible. Well, actually. Hank jumped this. I wasn’t horrible. This is Hank. HankContinue reading “Hank Got Hops, Jumping Lesson”

The Horse World, and Elsewhere Awareness of the outside world. Tired from lesson. I got nothing.~~~ A leather martingale to display this year’s horse brass. Cox The Saddler: Leather martingale to take 1 horse brass. [NHBS 2021] I was surprised to find out the leather widget was called a martingale. All right-thinking people know aContinue reading “What’s In A Word, Martingale”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. When a social media influencer burbles on about living your best life, does anyone else hear Voltaire?~~~ We’ve had our first meltdown for this year’s trail ride. Everyone stayed on. It was over in a matter of moments. Still, maybe we make it one & done, guys? K? Thanx.Continue reading “Fit The First, Virtual Tevis, 25 Miles, 17 Days”