Category Archives: Horses

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. CBSNews: Rising fuel prices and corporate profits — not wages — are chiefly to blame for inflation, Ivanova, February 22, 2022. Also, Ukraine. Have no idea what to say.~~~ Since I have my phone with me to record walk mileage, I have tracked activities of daily living.Continue reading “The Effort Required For Everyday Tasks”

Words Awareness of the outside world. American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, April 1st to 3rd, 2022. Virtual is planned. [Let The Boxes Begin ACPT 2021]~~~ Last week was hard, for no obvious reason. I mean other than … waves hands around in circles. So, here’s one from the vault. Six months of horses in The NY TimesContinue reading “Horses In The NYT Crossword”

Images Awareness of the outside world. NPR: Code Red At Omaha Zoo: A Rhino Was On The Loose, September 2021. Jontu wandered out for a snack. No rhinos, people, or trucks were hurt in the escape.~~~ Bird Area Predator Building Reptile Building Credits Secretary Bird, Red Panda, & Turtle by Fitz Signs. WBRC: Local artistContinue reading “Murals at the Birmingham Zoo”

Images Awareness of the outside world. First day of Advent. Going Medieval: On Advent & Going Medieval: On the Medieval secret to a balling Christmas, for once. Preach. I used to do posts on the 12 Days of Christmas in their proper place after Christmas Day, but I eventually caved to social pressure and gave upContinue reading “For Reference, Graphic Boolean Operators II, Doughnut Holes and Other Weirdness”

Care Leasing, Or How To Ease Back Into RidingBy E.B. Hickman First, from a mental perspective, I never thought I ‘wasn’t’ a horse person. But I had slipped into a person that lives in a house near the city, works full-time, doesn’t own a horse (and last owned one in 1986), and last rode regularlyContinue reading “Care Leasing, Or How To Ease Back Into Riding, Guest Post”

Images Awareness of the outside world. U-Haul Offers Help to Quebec Families Affected by Construction Delays during COVID-19, April 2020. Why does this offer specify July 1? “Moving Day (French: jour du déménagement) is a tradition, but not a legal requirement, in the province of Quebec, Canada, dating from the time when the province usedContinue reading “Commercial Horses, Moving”

Words Since I don’t offer much content today, here is a book recommendation, one that made it out of the tsundoku pile. The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, written by Eleanor Janega, illustrated Neil Max Emmanuel (Icon 2021). Info from the author’s blog, Going Medieval: Sneak Peek: The Middle Ages, a Graphic History (out now!). [Additions]Continue reading “Generating Stories By The Luck Of The Throw”