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Blogging In A Time Of Crisis

Blogging About Blogging Monthly State of the Blog [Archives]. ~~~ We can wonder about the worth of the endeavor, given the state of the world. I have come down on the side of continuing, for good or ill. Obsessing About The Blog I have been obsessed with the blog since lock-down began. Well, I’veContinue reading “Blogging In A Time Of Crisis”

If We Can’t Travel, At Least Our Postcards Can

Random Images The world is vast & weird. Have restarted Postcrossing, wherein I send/receive postcards from randomly-assigned strangers around the world [Latest Batch of Postcrossing, October 2016]. Have indicated a mild preference (they frown on direct requests) for horse-related cards to use as blog posts. Solved my postcard supply problem [PostUNcrossing] via theContinue reading “If We Can’t Travel, At Least Our Postcards Can”

Ride Away With Me, Virtually

Fit To Ride Join us! In a burst of optimism, I signed up for the The Conqueror Virtual Challenges: Route 66. A virtual challenge allows you to post your distance and track your progress on the map. This one goes along Route 66, of song and story, from Chicago to Los Angeles, a distanceContinue reading “Ride Away With Me, Virtually”

Turn ‘Em On

Adventures in Standardbreds Enjoy the ride drive. Continuing my tour of the breed barn [Western Counterfactual]. I have no experience with Standardbreds. Be fun to try. We’ve thought it would be interesting to remake an ex-trotter as a driving horse. Can it be done? I don’t see why not. Could we do it? WhoContinue reading “Turn ‘Em On”

Home Again, Home Again

Training Journal If you’re riding driving a horse, you’ve already won. Phone is imitating a very thin doorstop – a door shim? – , so visuals will be scarce for a while. ~~~ Brought the cart [Wife Points] home so that Milton can practice his proto-hitching [Holiday Rides]. For illustration, I took a pictureContinue reading “Home Again, Home Again”

The Horse Is Not The Only One With Issues In The Sandbox

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I’m skipping Mood on Monday this week. Right now is all about reopening in the US. Impossible to talking about without resorting to politics. First, this is not harmonious. Second, I have nothing to add that you don’t already know. As for what IContinue reading “The Horse Is Not The Only One With Issues In The Sandbox”

An HTML Color Factory

Celebrating Art Coloring a gray landscape. What if color where produced in a factory? Not the coloring agents, the colors themselves. Illustration of Sloss Furnaces using the original HTML colors. Free download from Yellowhammer Creative Coloring Book by Codey Richards. Random tidbit. Goggle says Houston and NYC have museums called Color Factory. IContinue reading “An HTML Color Factory”