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Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. “Ingenuity carries a swatch of fabric from the Wright brothers’ plane.” CNN: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter survives first freezing night on Mars, by Strickland, April 2021. ~~~ Without boots, Milton has two modes: super slow motion and sticky OR coming unglued and hopping about like a wind-up toy. [tooContinue reading “Miracle Boots”

Horsekeeping   Awareness of the outside world. “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 916,000 in March, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.0 percent.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Situation Summary, April 2, 2021. ~~~ Little Rabbit Foo Foo, hopping through the forest … Sorry, where was I? Let the annual taunting ofContinue reading “Mane Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow”

Images A vaccination story in logos. Before. Done. Report.~~~ Every culture has a way for humans to say, Yay, winter is over! We made it! Look, flowers, colors, pretty! Seems to me that all of these festivals revolve around the same theme. Life over Death … which can be thought of as … Good overContinue reading “Wishing You A Glorious Celebration of Order over Entropy”

Words From the bookshelf. Rereading/relistening to Rivers of London. My comfort read of the moment. ~~~   Finally achieved a second perfect month with the NYT Crosswords. It only took me two years. [2019, 2020-almost] I would also recommend the NYT Spelling Bee. I have always been terrible with anagrams. I can barely find three-letterContinue reading “Six-Letter Word For Repeat Performance”

Fit To Ride Walking Awareness of the outside world. Your Local Epidemiologist. Thanks to AV for another interesting find.~~~ Weekly WalkColumbiana Sports ComplexMarch 17, 2021Distance – 3.14 km, note unitsTime – 43:41 minMileage [LEJOG, this date] The Boston Athletic Association offered a Pi Day Challenge. Run (or walk, in my case) 3.14 miles on 3/14/21.Continue reading “Not Quite Pi, Walk Report, Columbiana Sports Complex”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. I hate April Fools. To quote myself & to paraphrase Lewis, unless very cleverly executed, pranks are merely socially acceptable cruelty. Do I dislike the day because I am a credulous sap who is easily gulled? Absolutely. That does not mean I am wrong. [2012, 2013] ~~~ RodneyContinue reading “Why The Silence”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Ugh. Where to start. Shootings, plural. Georgia voting law. Chauvin trial. Here, have some happy news. NYT: America’s Bald Eagle Population Has Quadrupled, by Taylor, March 2021. ~~~~ How far are we from dominating the AEC? Or at least completing a local, micro, mini, intro event? Progress Dressage.Continue reading “Checking In On Three Phases”