Category Archives: Horses

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Earth Day.~~~First horse show since 2019. [Dressage, Jump] I had thoughts. NegativeI had my second vaccine the Tuesday before the show. This is relevant because I chose not to take any aspirin/ibuprofen/whatnot in the subsequent days. I was told it was okay, but why risk compromising the vaccineContinue reading “Pre-show Thoughts, FCHP Schooling Show, April 2021”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Dentist update. Onlay, as suspected. I’m usually a cheap drunk, but needed three shots to get the tooth numb. Does anyone else get their ass kicked by the epinephrine?~~~ Day Two. It took 11 years, but I finally got my fancy, mid-life crisis horse into a jumping class.Continue reading “Conversations With My Horse, Jump Class, FCHP Schooling Show, April 2021”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Dentist today. Been expecting this. Managed to hold off a good long while. Tooth finally cracked two weeks ago. In other news, within the last week, I’ve had vaccination, show, and dentist. That’s a lot of people-ing for someone who doesn’t get out much. [Same, Same, Not Happening]~~~Continue reading “Back In The Ring, Dressage and Jumping, Show Report, FCHP Schooling Show, April 2021”

Non-Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Atlanta. Boulder. Indianapolis. We use to have time to be horrified after each horror. Now I can’t even keep track. CNN: The US has reported at least 45 mass shootings in the last month, by Holcombe, April 16. 2021.~~~ Rain confined all of us to the round penContinue reading “Team Liberty Work”

Images ~~~Inspired by the image of a teddy bear made from masks in the Covid Art Museum, here. Artist, Sebastien Limet, @seblorigmi. Annoyingly, Instagram seems to have closed off the ability to look without logging in. Apologies to those without an Instagram account. Dose #2 done. Down The Rabbit HoleLogos are big biz. Pfizer: OurContinue reading “V for Vaccine”

Words Props to Jan Priddy of blog & shawl fame. Response to a comment from last week grew into this this narrative device. While it is still exposition, at least it’s fictional exposition. Imperfect Patience, [Wearable Art], [Lasso The Moon] Caveat: Moon Rats fiction is an deductive thought experiment, extrapolating from the idea that TerranContinue reading “Email from the Moon, Since You Asked, Fiction”

Fit To Ride Walking Awareness of the outside world. National Math Festival. No idea. Sounds interesting. Online. Hope to check it out this weekend.~~~ Weekly WalkChelsea Recreational ParkApril 1, 2021Distance – 3.14Time – 46:37 minMileage [LEJOG, this date] What makes the ideal walk?Having sampled a fair selection of parks and walking trails in the area,Continue reading “Pondering The Perfect Park, Walk Report, Chelsea Rec”