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ASHAA Fun ShowStepping Stone FarmChelsea AL, USASaturday 19 July 2025 All photos by Greg Walcott 10 Academy Driving – 2nd of 2With Optimus. Thank you to the Gray & Parr families 30 Academy Showmanship Adult WTC – 1st of 131 Academy Equitation Adult WTC – 1st of 1Ridden as combined classes with 32 & 33Continue reading “Summer Showing, July 2025”

Awareness of the outside world. Today is Casual Pi Day, in countries with day-first numbering, i.e. 22/7, timeanddate: Fun Holiday – Pi Approximation Day. Amusing graphic on the topic of date order, MIT International Students Office: Date Format in the United States. ~~~ Back to our regularly scheduled walk each morning. One mile, first thingContinue reading “Back At It, Morning Walk Stories”

A break from the outside world. Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex, Larry Niven 1969. The sex life of Superman. NSFW? Depends where you work. Update. A reader (waves hi!) reports an getting an error message from this link. Turns out some systems don’t accept the link directly to the story. My phone does; myContinue reading “Milton’s Dinner Bucket”

Awareness of the outside worlds. One small step, 56 years today. Also Apollo-Soyuz, 50 years ago last week. General perspective, “Leonov surprised his U.S. counterparts with squeeze tubes labeled as containing vodka — in reality, they were filled with borscht (cold beet soup). ‘The best part of a good dinner is not what you eat,Continue reading “I-Wish-I-Could-Draw Graphic Memoir, School Segment”

“Another one to read in five years … I can tell you one thing, it’s not going to look like 2019.” [Mood on Monday, When This Is Over] I posted this on 20 July 2020, five years ago tomorrow. I was convinced of my thesis. How could we go through a global pandemic not have thingsContinue reading “Five Years Later”

Awareness of the outside world. PetaPixel: Photographers Build the World’s Largest Remote Observatory, Gray, Jul 11, 2025. ~~~ Photos by Greg WalcottKymulga Grist MillTalladega County ALJuly 2025 Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. In celebration of World Emoji Day, a reminder that communication can misfire. “Appearance historically differs greatly across platforms. Use with caution.” Emojipedia: Face with Rolling Eyes Emoji Meaning. Screenshot taken 15 July 2025. ~~~ BubbaStepping Stone FarmSaddle Seat BarnJuly 2025 For my saddle seat lesson I was offered Optimist orContinue reading “Lesson and Thoughts Thereon”