Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Art View Complete View Optimistic View Does anyone else look at this & think, ‘future cross-country jump!’? Update [The Tree Didn’t Get The Memo] Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
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Squaring The Circle
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Rodney is sensitive. I know this. I keep relearning it. He’s not sensitive in the ‘twitch your eyebrow, horse explodes’ manner. This is good. I don’t ride hot horses well. He does what I ask. All of it. No matter how subtle. I’m sureContinue reading “Squaring The Circle”
Holding The Reins
Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoy the ride. Schooling session at Full Circle Horse Park. Rodney and I are walking toward the ring to use the mounting block. Woman and horse walking at us. I notice that she has leading her horse in the approved fashion: right hand on the reins near the bit; leftContinue reading “Holding The Reins”
Milton’s Holiday Rides
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I talked about Rodney last week [Holiday Rides]. What of Milton? He’s been doing great. Groundwork Milton has become quite the long-line star. He’s doing enough work that he’s starting to put on weight somewhere other than his hay belly. There might beContinue reading “Milton’s Holiday Rides”
Gift Theory and Blogger Gift Exchange Follow Up
Blogging About Blogging Let’s Get Meta I have been traumatize by Christmas gifts in the past. I’m sure you know the ones. The gifts you get from a friend or relative or co-worker who means well but doesn’t know you well enough to have a clue. The footed china cake stand decorated withContinue reading “Gift Theory and Blogger Gift Exchange Follow Up”
City Letters
Celebrating Art The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper Kate Ascher, BuroHappold, Columbia (Penguin 2011) Those interested in such topics will be glad to note that Heights has a segment on sustainability. Cover from the web. While we are in this drawer of the card catalogue: Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures RomaContinue reading “City Letters”
Faces In The Crowd, A Fiction Exercise
Random Words Writing & Writing About Writing ProcedureIn the post Big City, The Errant Moon daydreams about passersby. Two tradesmen become supervillians. Policemen being polite to tourists are really scanning for stalkers. That woman? Well, you’ll have to click over to see what she is about to do. Update, blog rehomed, The Errant Moon: BigContinue reading “Faces In The Crowd, A Fiction Exercise”
