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Repost, BTE 5 of 9: Buying the Horse is Only the Beginning

In time for the holiday shopping season, a holiday shopping repost. This was back when I still thought I might use all of this stuff. Continuing to repost the entries from my previous monthly blogs Back To Eventing and Back To Riding. This was originally posted on the USEA website 2010-12-17, archived here.The photo overContinue reading “Repost, BTE 5 of 9: Buying the Horse is Only the Beginning”

Art Foto Friday: Pasture Flare

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Hay Bale Art: Thanksgiving 2014

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Show Report & Tweets: Georgia Fall Classic 2014

Georgia Fall Classic Horse Show [Facebook] Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter Perry, GA November 22 & 23 (Two days of Academy!) Academy WTC Adult with Sultan’s Miracle Man (Sam) 1 of 4 in four classes. A sweep. That never gets old. Thank you to the Donovan family. Ending the year the way we began: me,Continue reading “Show Report & Tweets: Georgia Fall Classic 2014”

Spotted Working Out

Last scale encounter was 148.8 lbs. Goal weight of 150 pounds achieved. Unfortunately that means the squishy midsection is flab not fat. Winter Quest: the search for those elusive core muscles. BTW, the outdoor pool at my local YMCA is bubbled over in the winter. There is a gap between the door to the bubbleContinue reading “Spotted Working Out”

Quotes on Writing and Blogging

[List of previous monthly State of the Blog posts] “Our innate desire to control our world by means of satisfying narratives.” The Folklore of Discworld by Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Simpson [Corgi (or possibly Doubleday UK, online sources differ) 2008] page 10, taken from the online extract here. My copy has gone walkabout. ~~~ “AddContinue reading “Quotes on Writing and Blogging”

Text Art: On The Map

RODNEY, MS “It was in the 1840’s and 1850’s — during the heyday of steamboats and cotton — that Rodney became one of Mississippi’s most prosperous towns and the busiest river port between New Orleans and St. Louis. In fact, it missed being named the capital of Mississippi by three votes.” Southern Lagniappe: A PlaceContinue reading “Text Art: On The Map”