Category Archives: Horses

Thoughts   “Predict the future. Use your turn signal.” bumper sticker “Everything else is speculation.” me   History books are all about patterns, i.e. because of X and Y, Z happened. Read enough books and you start to think that history is an inexorable march from point to point. That’s not how it looks fromContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Considering Historical Inevitability”

Photography   Awareness of the outside world. International Helmet Awareness Weekend. [Helmet post archives] ~~~     Stand during ride? Work in progress. Stand after we have crossed the finish line? As long as ya want. That’s the shadow of the mounting block/finish line off to the left. Stay safe. Stay sane. Katherine Walcott

Writing   Awareness of the outside world. International Helmet Awareness Day. [Helmet post archives] ~~~   Life on hold. Unknown. Drawbridge up. Riding at home. Circles in the field.   “He proposed a haiku exchange between the three cities, because human exchanges came to a screeching halt in 2020. It’s not a contest, he said,Continue reading “Horses At Home, A Haiku”

Celebrating Art   Awareness of the outside world. We all know what today is. Here’s something else. Results from “An international mask design competition … 363 entries from 17 countries.” Museum of Craft and Design: Let’s Face it, Gallery. ~~~   Aldridge Gardens [Walk Report] “On the Nature of Building” by Ted Metz “Along forContinue reading “Art In The Gardens”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Supports the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. ~~~ The Dragon Within DIY 5k Friday, September 4, 2020 Aldridge Gardens Time – 1:17 Pace – 24:56 No placing Tracking App – Map My Walk Medal from Virtual Strides: The Dragon Within My 5K for September. Chosen in honor ofContinue reading “Strolling Around The Lake, Walk Report, The Dragon Within DIY 5K, September 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Time: First Clone of Endangered Przewalski’s Horse Born in Conservation Effort to Save the Species by Madeleine Carlisle, September 6, 2020. The breed is also known, less colonially, as the Takhi. ~~~   The ride is virtual. The managementContinue reading “Virtual Management”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Book giveaway. Mentioned last week. Giving away this week. Supporting the fundraiser by a fellow Virtual Tevis rider, County Island: Help for Critters in Northern California Fires, extended to Sept 30. Leave a comment telling me the longest trailContinue reading “The Crack Of Dawn, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 45 through 61, September 2020”