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Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Awareness of the outside world. Whatever: What We Knew, What We Know, and Why It Matters. What he said. I would add that I get the sense Trump wants to win the reelection because it is a contest and he must be victorious in allContinue reading “The Figure Eight, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 67 through 71, September 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. We are making an effort to support local restaurants by getting more take-out, particularly from restaurants that are making effort to be safety compliant. ~~~ A while back, I informed the universe that I was open to a thirdContinue reading “Picking Classes For My Imaginary Horse”

Images   Awareness of the outside world. “Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man.” Wiki: Parable of the Good Samaritan. The message here is not simply to help people. The message is to help the people that you would not cross the street to spit on if they wereContinue reading “A Good Enough Selection, Postcrossing as of September 2020”

Blogging About Blogging   Awareness of the outside world. Women in Aviation International: Girls in Aviation Day. ~~~ Didn’t I say I was going to take weekends off? [State Of The Blog: Weekends Completely Off] You are not wrong. I said that. I meant it. I discovered … 1) The idea of breaking my streakContinue reading “State of the Blog, Weekends NOT off”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse.   Awareness of the outside world. Protests. Pandemic. Politics. Is there any part of public life that isn’t poisonous right now? ~~~ Question for those of you who keep horses at home. Do you have a standard barn routine? Or are you constantly making adjustments? We are tweakingContinue reading “Routine? What Routine?”

Fit To Ride & Photography & Thoughts   Awareness of the outside world. I was almost sociable. Gasp. Clutch pearls. Had plans yesterday to walk with a friend. My first social event since March. Person had unavoidable, last-minute work commitment. Non-bubble encounters have been mostly brief ones with store, doc, or husband’s co-workers. Weird. ~~~Continue reading “Life Lesson in a Medal, But Not The One You’d Think, Alps to Ocean Virtual Bike Ride, April & May 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. How am I doing? Well, earlier this week, there was a nocturnal feline/canine territory dispute, which incited the dog to speak sharply, which startled me, which caused me to wake up screaming. Twice. Yeah, I’m coping real well. ~~~Continue reading “Virtual Extension”