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Permanence

American Horse Publications Day 0 Tomorrow is the first day of the American Horse Publications 2012 seminar, Ride into History. Therefore, May’s end-of-the month pondering on blogging will be on the meaning of permanence. Which lasts longer, my magazine articles or my blog posts? Magazine Articles Personal: I did these first, so of course, IContinue reading “Permanence”

Bucket List

Avventura was nice enough to like a post about Rodney’s exercises [Blow Winds]. One of her standing pages is a bucket list. Since I have already gone over my competitive goals [Where To?], here is my non-competitive equine bucket list: + Compete abroad. Not so much as a competition goal, but more as a sliceContinue reading “Bucket List”

Summer’s Here

Creativity and Horses

If you have been following along, you know that last weekend was the Alabama Phoenix Festival. The bulk was standard Science Fiction convention: costumed guests, vendors, artist & authors alley, fan wanks on TV shows and movies, invited speakers. Dragon*Con writ small. However, the fellows behind APF have a mission to use the creative energyContinue reading “Creativity and Horses”

New Yeller

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 3 Another guest at APF was Dr. Osborn, a balloon artist who ran around the convention making astounding sculptures on request, everything from a Ghostbusters’s proton pack to a T. Rex skeleton. For Rodney’s Saga, he made a horse. He told me it was free but I had to clean upContinue reading “New Yeller”

Ghost Who Walks. Horse Who Racks.

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 2 One of the Guests is The Phantom, the one on the right in purple. Hero, the horse of the 21st Phantom, is portrayed by Bud, a racking horse. Alas, Hero did not join us at APF. The Phantom blog The Phantom wiki The Phantom tv movie Who is your favoriteContinue reading “Ghost Who Walks. Horse Who Racks.”

Foto Friday: Push-button Horse

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 1 My LUG is exhibiting. While LEGO is not inherently F&SF, it fits in with APF’s mission of “a celebration that spans the realms of creativity and imagination and shows how the impossible is possible for us all!” Plus, the Venn diagram intersection between the two publics is close to aContinue reading “Foto Friday: Push-button Horse”