State of The Blog: Life with a Blogger

Greg makes the papers! I react. Coach Kate sent us a PDF of the local Tennessee equine newspaper with coverage of the MTCC combined driving competition last month. Greg was in two photos. (Mid-South Horse Review, download August 2016, first inside page & page 22.) Did I exclaim “Wonderful!” ? No. Did I say howContinue reading “State of The Blog: Life with a Blogger”

Louisville 2016

Saddle Seat Wednesday Two horses from Stepping Stone showed at the World’s Championship Horse Show this year. Go Team Awesome! No ribbons 😦 but folks were psyched to be on the green shavings :). [Why Green?] What is it about these iconic places? Even I, saddle seat heathen that I am, experienced a frisson whenContinue reading “Louisville 2016”

Summer Doldrums

Is anyone else fighting weird seasonal weather? Our temps have been in the high 80s/low 90s, which is cool for an Alabama summer, but accompanied by off-the-charts humidity. Plus the daily afternoon thunderstorms which seem to be more ferocious than usual. Granted, the boys don’t work terribly hard in the general course of things. However,Continue reading “Summer Doldrums”

Letter Art: The Sporting Life III, Host Cities

Rome (1960) Rio (2016) Oslo (1952) LonDon (1908, 1948, 2012) Nagano (1998) LakE Placid (1932, 1980) TokYo (1964) ‘ St. Louis (1904), St. Mortiz (1928, 1948), Stockholm (1956), Squaw Valley (1960), Sapporro (1972), Sarajevo (1984) Seoul (1988), Sydney (2000) Salt Lake City (2002), Sochi (2014) Stockholm (1912, 1956) Atlanta (1996) Grenoble (1968), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936) AthensContinue reading “Letter Art: The Sporting Life III, Host Cities”