Category Archives: Horses

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. BBC news: Muons: ‘Strong’ evidence found for a new force of nature, by Ghosh, April 2021. ~~~ Since it worked for Milton, we cobbled together a second set for Rodney. Con New idea, so he disliked it. May have reminded him of the show ring, which was notContinue reading “Rodney’s Boots”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Today is World Health Day. Gotta admit, every day has felt like world health day for a while now. More on Milton & his vast improvement with boots. I split this over two posts, because I can’t even. I’ve never seen or heard anything like this. I haveContinue reading “Miracle Boots, More Of The Story”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. “Ingenuity carries a swatch of fabric from the Wright brothers’ plane.” CNN: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter survives first freezing night on Mars, by Strickland, April 2021. ~~~ Without boots, Milton has two modes: super slow motion and sticky OR coming unglued and hopping about like a wind-up toy. [tooContinue reading “Miracle Boots”

Horsekeeping   Awareness of the outside world. “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 916,000 in March, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.0 percent.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Situation Summary, April 2, 2021. ~~~ Little Rabbit Foo Foo, hopping through the forest … Sorry, where was I? Let the annual taunting ofContinue reading “Mane Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow”

Images A vaccination story in logos. Before. Done. Report.~~~ Every culture has a way for humans to say, Yay, winter is over! We made it! Look, flowers, colors, pretty! Seems to me that all of these festivals revolve around the same theme. Life over Death … which can be thought of as … Good overContinue reading “Wishing You A Glorious Celebration of Order over Entropy”

Words From the bookshelf. Rereading/relistening to Rivers of London. My comfort read of the moment. ~~~   Finally achieved a second perfect month with the NYT Crosswords. It only took me two years. [2019, 2020-almost] I would also recommend the NYT Spelling Bee. I have always been terrible with anagrams. I can barely find three-letterContinue reading “Six-Letter Word For Repeat Performance”

Fit To Ride Walking Awareness of the outside world. Your Local Epidemiologist. Thanks to AV for another interesting find.~~~ Weekly WalkColumbiana Sports ComplexMarch 17, 2021Distance – 3.14 km, note unitsTime – 43:41 minMileage [LEJOG, this date] The Boston Athletic Association offered a Pi Day Challenge. Run (or walk, in my case) 3.14 miles on 3/14/21.Continue reading “Not Quite Pi, Walk Report, Columbiana Sports Complex”