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End of the Month Commentary – By the Numbers

Part of me is reluctant to cop to my small numbers, but what is a blog if it isn’t disemboweling yourself publicly? Rodney’s Saga from December 22, 2011 to December 21, 2012: 366 posts. 9,478 views. 1,120 comments. 92 followers. 69 countries. Best month: November at 1,151. Most visits on a single day: 138 viewsContinue reading “End of the Month Commentary – By the Numbers”

Horses in Boston

Classic Cab, Cambridge MA Mane Image, Wakefield MA Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Whiskeytangofoxtrot4 did a more thorough job with a post from Italy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yesterday, debandtoby asked about a better picture, so here is his puppy mug shot. No name yet.

Spotted in Boston

Created in the spirit of Wee Traveling Horse (also here on Facebook) and Flat Stanley, as seen on Third Watch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reason for the trip. Mother-in-law needed a ride to pick up her new dog. Since I was at the breeder anyway, I picked up one for us. Photos by John Tait.

Where Do We Go From Here?

Ponder, ponder, ponder. As usual, RideXC, restated the issue with wit and precision: And then what? You get on a slow boat to Argentina sans cel phone? You disappear in a puff of logic? Sounds so disturbingly final. In the post in question [Vox], I said that tomorrow, December 21, would be my last post.Continue reading “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Guest Post: Amy Kilkenny on Equine Bookplates

1980 – Amy & I were thrown together as freshmen by the college housing department. 1988 – Amy was the maid of honor at my wedding. 2014 – Amy’s daughter will graduate from our alma mater. This fact freaks me out on a regular basis. The fact that her graduation coincides with our 30th isContinue reading “Guest Post: Amy Kilkenny on Equine Bookplates”