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To Ride Or Not To Ride, The Question Is Irrelevant

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Looks around. Gathers courage. Steps quietly into the ring. The Internet has been awash with opinions. “Closer to home, I’ve seen some *insane* comment threads on social media. ” ‘fraidy cat eventing: news from the front In One Corner: Horses count as an agricultural exemption. I canContinue reading “To Ride Or Not To Ride, The Question Is Irrelevant”

Coverage With Flair

Celebrating Art Note one. This is about golf. Imagine it for horse shows. Wouldn’t that be cool? Of course, horse media outlets do not have the deep pockets of Golf Digest. Note two. No illustrations here. You will have to click over. Don’t want to step on any copyright toes. Not as familiar withContinue reading “Coverage With Flair”

Warts And All, Contest Entries & Fragmentary Fiction

Words Writing & Writing About Writing General These are my last contest entries for the foreseeable future. 1) I have a tendency to get interested in too many things. One tweet is small, but too many niggling drains on one’s concentration add up to distraction. I am trying to get better at maintaining focusContinue reading “Warts And All, Contest Entries & Fragmentary Fiction”

Screensaver Dreams

Photography For your entertainment. “‘I’m singing for them’: Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, recovering from coronavirus, now sings from his NYC apartment window to salute health care workers.” By Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, Apr 13, 2020. This song always gets me in the feels, even more so now. Click over for video.Continue reading “Screensaver Dreams”

Come Away With Me, Virtually

Fit To Ride New feature. A footer widget to track my virtual bike touring [Virtual Bling], see below. Route Report Finished Peru [Biking Virtually, Inca Trail]. Am now in the Southern Alps [Biking Virtually, New Zealand]. Having a blast. So it’s a mental construct. What isn’t? Ribbon Replacement I will admit to aContinue reading “Come Away With Me, Virtually”

Annoying Shortages Not Related To The Virus, But Of Course The Current Situation Makes Everything Worse

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. As it says on the tin. We have issues that have nothing to do with coronovirus. Nothing serious, just day-to-day horse management. Hay Because it’s easy to overlook the obvious, one reason we added alfalfa was because of a hay shortage. Coastal hasn’t been available in our areaContinue reading “Annoying Shortages Not Related To The Virus, But Of Course The Current Situation Makes Everything Worse”

Unintended Consequences

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Husband is WFH. He is WFH up at the barn. The horses are loving having a person with them for hours on end. Cookie fests. Timely hay snacks. Company to hang with. They are quite happy with the new arrangement. Me, not so much. I had notContinue reading “Unintended Consequences”