Category Archives: Horses

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have horses   Awareness of the outside world. Georgia? Who would have thought? ~~~ It’s the little things. The happiness of walking into the local feed store & seeing a tall pile of your hard-to-find feed. [Beginning Nov 4] Getting to the poop pile before it is kicked all over theContinue reading “Hey, Isn’t This A Horse Blog? We Now Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming”

Fit To Ride, For The Record   Awareness of the outside world … no words … or maybe too many words … ~~~ The Theory, Revised The plan was for fewer medals this year. They are fun, but how many medals does one need? Notice, I never say this about horse show ribbons. [Medley] IContinue reading “Virtual 2021, Digital Fun For Foot And Pedal”

I’m Not Late, It Is Still The Christmas Season Well, the gift was late, the post is not   Awareness of the outside world. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night … nor Christmas season nor massive online-shopping volume nor increased sick leave nor political machinations … stays these couriers from theContinue reading “One For You, One For Me, Blogger Gift Exchange, What Went Out”

Words   Awareness of the outside world. The Scamperbeasts, @scamperbeasts. ~~~ Blogger explaining to non-horsey coworker about progress with trainer. My horse is away at boarding school and he started doing advanced calculus without me today and I only know math up to addition and subtraction so I’m kind of amazed. Cob Jockey: Pony’s FirstContinue reading “Odd & Ends, Other People’s Thoughts”

Fit To Ride, For The Record Because I’m going to want to remember where I went.   Awareness of the outside world. Daily news briefs by Deborah Cox Richardson. If you’re strong enough. ~~~ “Does bling matter? You might as well ask if horse show ribbons matter. and that’s just plain heresy.” [Green Bay] I’llContinue reading “Recap Week 2020 Fitness, Medal Medley”

I went two for two on beta readers telling me that the post drafted for today was confrontational. I didn’t see it that way, but that’s why one has beta readers. Since I couldn’t see the effect, I couldn’t change it nor accurately weigh the merits of letting it stand. This is unusual for me.Continue reading “Alternatively, The WABAC Machine Shows How To Win A Cocktail Party”

Riding Journal, Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse.   Awareness of the outside world. Sad that the roll-out is going slowly. Logistics are hard. Even I know this. Why weren’t folks running every-possible-contingency scenarios for the last nine months? Any progress is good. Faster would be better. CNN: US officials promised 20 million vaccinatedContinue reading “Recap Week 2020 Horses, Lemonade Made”