The promised update: Both horses are fat and furry. Mathilda’s winter coat may be plumping her figure more than than she actually is, but overall doing well for an old lady. Using the universal horse birthday of Jan 1, she just turned 29. The biggest problem we are having with Mathilda is keeping our promiseContinue reading “When Safety Doesn’t Come First”
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Is It Safe To Crawl Out From Under My Rock Yet?
Funeral, dental woes, rainbow bridge. I’ve been an off-topic basket of cheer haven’t I? Sunday: We had to take our seriously senior dog on the one-way trip to the vet. He’d been decrepit for a while but until last week he passed the bologna test. You know the one. Animal lying about marinating in ennui,Continue reading “Is It Safe To Crawl Out From Under My Rock Yet?”
Rainbow Bridge
Pet ownership sucks.
Hi There
I had planned to write an amusingly-phrased update of our two horses (both fine), but I’m so tired I can’t see straight. Two weeks and counting of antibiotics and OTC pain meds will do that. Dentist again tomorrow at 9 am to discuss plans. I’ve already been to the ER the Sunday before Christmas, seenContinue reading “Hi There”
A Book By Its Cover
“That which is no longer necessary becomes art.” Source forgotten. I have gone on record that, far from dying out, the codex will flourish in the Internet age. Freed from the pressures of mass information delivery, books will be created with an eye to art. It has begun. Penguin Threads features embroidered covers on classicContinue reading “A Book By Its Cover”
Let Me Win
On Friday, I dusted off the dress uniform and broke out the brass to represent at a funeral of a woman close to our department. She approached everything in her life with gusto. Among other activities, she was an athlete at and motivational speaker for the Special Olympics. During the service, two of the speakersContinue reading “Let Me Win”
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