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Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. The race raises money by direct runner fundraising and by donations to groups that supply volunteers. QB: Charity Participation. ~~~ Virtual Queen Bee 4-Miler Suggested – August 10 to October 31, 2020 Date – Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Location – Montevallo Greenway, Montevallo, Alabama Tracker –Continue reading “Greenway Stroll, Part I, Virtual Queen Bee 4-Miler, October 2020”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse.   Awareness of the outside world. I was explaining the idea of Lawful Good to a muggle. In looking for examples, I found that idea had gone mainstream. *The Atlantic*: A Chart to Explain Your Entire Worldview, A simple grid from Dungeons & Dragons has become a wayContinue reading “Milton’s Fugue Moments”

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”