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Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. As promised, I will adopt 100 feet of trail. Or I will, as soon as I can get the form printed. Really! Promise! Who uses paper forms anymore?! [Sippy Cup] ~~~ WHOOT! Overall Since we were not waiting for the clockpuncher to be off from work, RodneyContinue reading “The Beginning, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Rodney, Miles 95 to 100, November 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. The avalanche begins. 2021 is gonna look a lot like 2020. Live Oak International. ~~~ It’s been quite an insert-adjective-here year, hasn’t it? Among so many, many other things, 2020 was a year without horse shows. For me. ThereContinue reading “The Year Without Horse Shows”

Images   Awareness of the outside world. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1, KJV. ~~~ Photos by Roaming Reader [Archives] Blue Gate Restaurant and Theatre The Goshen News: Shipshewana entrepreneur pours back into the community, by DL PERRIN, 2013. A town-wide empire thatContinue reading “Corn Horses, Shipshewana, Indiana, Guest Photos”

Words Awareness of the outside world. Recent reads. *Fortune and Glory* by Janet Evanovich, Stephanie Plum #27 (Atria 2020); *Masquerade in Lodi* by Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric & Desdemona #9 (Kindle(?) 2020); *A Blessing of Unicorns: * by Elizabeth Bear, narrated by Zehra Jane Naqvi, Sub-Inspector Ferron #2, (Audible 2020). Clearly, I am in theContinue reading “Preliminary Material For A ‘Magic Is Among Us’ Plot, Fiction”

Photography   Awareness of the outside world. Did you know there was a Bureau of Outdoor Recreation? According to Wiki, BOR -> Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service -> National Park Service. Put that way, it makes sense. ~~~ Taken during my weekly 5k walk, this one at Joe Tucker Park, Helena, Alabama. No bling. HaveContinue reading “Lake Reflections, Joe Tucker Park”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. The county-by-county election map is fascinating. Most states, red or blue, are blue dots in a sea of red. ~~~ Virtual New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Official – September 4 to 13, 2020 Me – September 13, 2020 My location – pasture Time & pace – 17:15Continue reading “Strolling Along The Avenue In My Mind’s Eye, Virtual New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, September 2020”

For The Record   Awareness of the outside world. Hurricane Zeta relief. Not everyone had it as easy as we did. The American Red Cross of Alabama and Mississippi: Ways to Donate. New Orleans & Louisiana, NOLA Ready. ~~~ Hurricane Zeta had spun down to a Tropical Storm by the time it blew past usContinue reading “Zeta Power Outage Report”