Category Archives: Horses

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Afghan-American Coalition Releases Call to Action for U.S. Government Assistance to Afghanistan. Appears to have a humanitarian focus. Assist to link shared in Instagram Stories by Muslim-American Cartoonist Huda Fahmy, Yes I’m Hot In This.~~~ Stay! Stay! You hear me, shoes? Stay! Stay safe. Stay sane.Katherine

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “Lambda has been on our minds (see my last post here). Thankfully, and importantly, Lambda is fizzling out. Delta is far more dominant and pushing Lambda away as an imminent threat.” Your Local Epidemiologist: State of Affairs: August 16, 2021.~~~ As my grandmother used to say, I am havingContinue reading “Feed Buckets and Color Theory”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Interesting sidenote, given the prevailing feelings about the month around here. “The president almost certainly made August the basis for his choice.” Raw Story: The truth about the withdrawal from Afghanistan is hard for partisans to admit. Stoehr. August 16, 2021. [On A Related Note, see comment]~~~ The thingsContinue reading “Working The Walk, Virtual Tevis, 39 Miles, 24 Days”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. “I will never understand why wearing masks was a big deal. I will never understand why vaccines became the enemy.” @Dan Rather on Twitter~~~ Hank the Wonder Horse. Photo courtesy of instructor. I’ve been thinking about my lesson. [Hank Got Hops] That could be good. Digesting what I learned.Continue reading “Learning My Lessons, Or Not”

Images Awareness of the outside world. Art Cloth Network. Assist to Balloon Juice: Faithful Lurker – Making Art Cloth and Art Quilts! by WaterGirl.~~~ Attalla AL, May 2021. Not to be confused with Maverik-with-a-K gas stations. Similar color scheme, no horsehead logo, 350 locations in 11 western states. Maverik: About. Maverix-with-an-X appears to have aContinue reading “Equine Logo, Maverix Gas”

Thoughts August needs to pull its socks up. Contacted fancy hunter/jumper barn about next jumping lesson. [Hank Got Hops] Out of town. Please get back in touch after Labor Day. I hate August. Get all excited about new possibilities, and … wait three weeks. This would be annoying at any time, more so now whenContinue reading “On A Related Note, In Which I Consider The Month We Find Ourselves In”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Don’t settle for consent. Hold out for enthusiasm. For more on the subject, RAINN: What Consent Looks Like.~~~ tldr: Figured out why I am drawn to dance and why I will never be good at it. [New Shoes, Not for the Horse!] Dance as a Physical Activity IContinue reading “The Music, and The Mirror, and The Chance To Dance, One Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”