Fit To Ride Walking Awareness of the outside world. “All proceeds from the Zoo Run Run help fund Zoo operations.” Zoo Run Run. Also Mars! ~~~ No medal. Sob. Supporting a zoo. Yay. Shoutout to Coach Kate for the intel. I had company! I have friends! I know people! I believe this was myContinue reading “Slower Than A Somnambulent Sloth, Nashville Zoo Virtual 5K, Walk Report, Birmingham Zoo”
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Snow Day 2021
Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse Awareness of the outside world. CNN: More than 150 million Americans under winter weather alerts as record cold temps make life miserable, by Almasy, Silverman & Sutton, February 16, 2021. Impact on our area was minimal, unlike other parts of the state & country. ~~~ Two daysContinue reading “Snow Day 2021”
New Equipment, Belly Band
Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. USEF Community Conversations, “Horses in Black Communities,” Monday, February 22, from 5-6:30 p.m. ET. Press release. I heard about it from Viva Carlos: USEF And Black History Month. While Viva Carlos shouldn’t have to perform the role of Speaker to White People in the blogging world/horse world, I’mContinue reading “New Equipment, Belly Band”
Mardi Gras Beads II
Random Images The world is vast & weird. Awareness of the outside world. The bad: The Conversation, The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead, by David Redmon, 2017. The good: The Arc-GNO Mardi Gras Recycle Center Turns Beads into Jobs. ~~~ As last year, beads from a work conference with a MardiContinue reading “Mardi Gras Beads II”
Bootie Boy
Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse Awareness of the outside world. Am disgusted with politics. Not surprised, but still disgusted. ~~~ [Sparing you yet another photo of Rodney’s hooves in foot coverings] Rodney is loving his booties. He’s cavorting around the field. He’s bold in the barn. He’s got his ears up, approaching SaddlebredContinue reading “Bootie Boy”
A Dash of Art In My Mailbox
Images Awareness of the outside world. Two of the Breyerfest contests are based on existing artwork. The rules pages – diorama, costume – link to three approved sources, each with thousands of images. Wanna look at horse art? Here ya go. ~~~ Thank you postcard. back text Watercolour by Jacque Jones, Newmarket, CambridgeshireContinue reading “A Dash of Art In My Mailbox”
Putting Myself In His Place, Fiction Fragment
I look up. Detective Finley is standing in front of my desk. Holding a box. A step behind, Sergeant Mateo is balancing the handle of a rolling suitcase. I know what is in the box. I know what is the suitcase. I hate all of it. “Please.” I hunch my shoulders. I try to pretendContinue reading “Putting Myself In His Place, Fiction Fragment”
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