The biking world is on a roll (sorry) over the elimination of Ted King from the Tour de France. He missed Tuesday’s cut-off by 7 seconds. As if watching his team compete without him for the next 3 weeks isn’t enough, his parents had flown over to the finish of the next day’s stage toContinue reading “Problems of the Cheering Section”
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Hi Ho LEGO
New set. For the general public, this is as iconic as horses get.
Shop ‘Til You Drop
More whining. If I can’t whine at y’all, who else is there? Several kind folks have found potential new horses. For this I am grateful. However, the idea of looking at prospects fills me with dread and ennui. Because: 1) I have already looked at nine horses this go round. Between WTF lamenesses and niceContinue reading “Shop ‘Til You Drop”
Donation Strategies
Two recent horse-related misfortunes are using the Web to raise money. In the first, a young lady was badly injured by a drunk driver. She will be away from the barn for a while. Supporters have set up a charity site specifically to cover the cost of caring for her horse: board, feed, farrier bills,Continue reading “Donation Strategies”
At Least I Got A Blog Post Out Of It
End of the month = a post about blogging. Prior posts here. Good day at the horse show? Bad day with Rodney? The more important question is how many blog posts can I spin from it? In all areas of endeavor, I have found myself using the title phrase more often than is healthy. LifeContinue reading “At Least I Got A Blog Post Out Of It”
Our 15 Minutes
Starred photos are Stepping Stone Farm. I am in the back row of the crowd shot. Caption for upper pictures:2) Reagan Huguley. 4) Miriam Reagan, Reagan and Courtney Huguley.
Welcome Summer
When I was young and spry, I took a hard line with air conditioning. I wasn’t about to waste money & energy on a little discomfort. Then one of our dogs got old. As a big, furry German Shepherd, she took the heat badly. So I would cool the house down to perk her up.Continue reading “Welcome Summer”