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Images Stay safe. Stay sane.Katherine

Dear Laura: Just a quick note. Looks like I will be going up to the company’s lunar orbital lab after all. I was on the reserve team, which only goes up if crystal production exceeds projections. It is, so we are. I’ll be catching the first shuttle tomorrow morning. Weightlessness, here I come. Ironic thatContinue reading “Email from the Moon, Orbital Lab I, Fiction”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. National Recreation and Park Association. ~~~ Three more local parks from my walking adventures. I realize that Birmingham-area parks are of limited interest to people who do not live in the Birmingham area. a) Humor me. Now that I’ve started this project, I like to keep trackContinue reading “Pottering Through Parks, July Walks”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. No dog in the hunt so I have not put any decision-making capacity into the question of school openings. Digital props to everyone who is.~~~ Milton styling in his new bridle from Two Horse Tack. It’s made from beta biothane. Which is wrong. Tack is leather. She says, losingContinue reading “Looking At Leather In The Rearview Mirror, New Bridle”

Guest post by Contact. Notice the call for questions at the end. [Part I]. Welcome.~~~Part two! This post is sort of a mish-mash of thoughts. I am trying to summarize some complicated differences without writing a 20-page novel. So again, these are just my own observations. Back/Hindquarters Saddlehorses: You will almost always see a hollow, droppedContinue reading “Saddlehorse World vs. Dressage, Part II, Guest Post”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Having a Garfield Monday. World will have to take care of itself. (Posts drafted & scheduled in advance, hence the time slip.)~~~ At dawn, we ride. Drama aside, it’s cooler then. In other news, Milton went the extra mile. Literally. While Rodney test drove his new shoes, Milton tookContinue reading “Milton Goes The Extra Mile, Virtual Tevis, 14 miles, 10 Days”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “We live in a world where girls and women are FINED for trying to cover up while playing sports, but also EXPELLED from schools if their shoulders are showing. Again, I dare you to ask why we’re angry.” @ida_skibenes, Twitter~~~ At most of the places we buy hay, someContinue reading “Style and Grace and Hay Bales”