McKinley‘s horses, including Greatheart in Beauty, may be wish-fulfillment but have enough barn odor to be engaging. I’ve never warmed to characters that are shaped like horses but do not act like horses. Well, except for the robot horse Fess in The Wizard In Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff [Ace 1982]. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dinner byContinue reading “Fantasy & Science Fiction Cover Art”
Category Archives: Books
Booking the Games
What Olympic-related books do you like? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Back on the Homefront You’ve heard of a runaway? Earlier this week, I had a walk-away. Mathilda has three water buckets in her pen, cleaned & filled daily. Unfortunately, Giraffe-neck can reach across the barrier to the buckets. He dearly loves carried water. It is the exact sameContinue reading “Booking the Games”
Foto Friday: Younger Days
Grazing II
Grazing is peaceful. I came to this profound conclusion on Thursday when Mathilda and I were out for her evening hand-graze. In addition to a headache, I had my knickers in a twist over some perceived injustice in my life. After 30 minutes, my headache and bad mood had faded. I knew it was easyContinue reading “Grazing II”
Barn Books
Want a book, or two, or six? Over the last few weeks, I have accumulated a growing stack of books that were read at the barn during Mathilda’s rehab. Usually, I trade books through Paperback Swap but these are too abused. Covers folded back to hold with one hand. Bite marks where Rodney took anContinue reading “Barn Books”
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”
From Inside The Ropes
Day 6 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Time to be positive. Originally, I planned to indulge in a rant on the state of American riding, cross-country and otherwise. However, after reading Donna Freedman’s post on not cluttering up email inboxes, I realize any complaints would only add onlyContinue reading “From Inside The Ropes”
Virtual Brush Box 