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Off Topic: Seven Life Lessons Learned From Candy Crush

Update: a reader suggested a transition paragraph for Off Topic posts. Here goes. Caveat: Today’s subject is not about horses. Occasionally, I think about other things. For more essays on non-equine subjects, see Off Topic. Rodney’s Saga returns to regularly scheduled programming on Friday. For more on the Off Topic blog, see tomorrow’s post, OffContinue reading “Off Topic: Seven Life Lessons Learned From Candy Crush”

RocketHorse

I have contributed my mite to another horse-related crowd funding project. A Big Name Rider is looking for support to get the next Big Time horse. As with my previous project support [RallyWe], I am not giving the name of the individual involved. OTOH, not many international riders are trying to buy a $500,000 horseContinue reading “RocketHorse”

Long Winter

Between deliberate time off [They Said], horse care [Back: updates], holidays, and the joys of winter [Post Called]. I’ve ridden 6 times in the three months since the Nationals at the beginning of November [Day 3+3]. That’s five lessons and one schooling show. Extra points for the show; minus points for missing the first show.Continue reading “Long Winter”

Text Art: Snow Letters

Happy Horse Year

Hopes & fears are fragile things. We don’t talk about our hopes lest they fail to materialize. We don’t mention our darkest fears lest they do. We have entered the Year of the Horse. I have a good feeling about this. That’s all I’m going to say. Shhhhh. Year of the Horse Image Galleries WritingContinue reading “Happy Horse Year”

Foto Friday: Snow Day Montage

Writing For A New Audience

[End of the month, State of the Blog for January 2014. List of previous SotB posts.] Hello Horse Collaborative! Earlier this month, I posted for the first time on Horse Collaborative [main page, my page, first HC blog post]. Instead of having cross-posts every day, the web editor would like weekly posts, give or take.Continue reading “Writing For A New Audience”