Category Archives: Horses

Riding Awareness of the outside world. “Seventy-one per cent of boys surveyed feared they would be made fun of if they played with what they described as ‘girls’ toys’ – a fear shared by their parents.” The Guardian: Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey, Russell, 10 Oct 2021.~~~Continue reading “Why The Wait, Where Have Hunter/Jumper Lessons Been All My Life, Or At Least Recently”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. “It turns out late fees for books don’t work. They don’t bring the books back.” NPR, Morning Edition, Transcript: New York City’s public libraries abolish fines on overdue materials, October 7, 2021. “New York isn’t the only public library system that has implemented such policies.” NPR: The nation’s largestContinue reading “First Lesson, Once Again”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Patti & Ricki: Normalize Inclusion with Fashion is for Every Body & Ex Urbe: Medical Leave Reflections plus Empathy Sphere Essay.~~~ Two horses in the clubhouse. Numbers this week; thoughts next week. Yes, I am squeezing out every possible ounce of blogging juice from this. The Virtual Tevis wasContinue reading “Around The Pasture in 80 Days, Rodney Finishes The Virtual Tevis, 100 Miles, 80 Days”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. National Coming Out Day.~~~ If all goes to plan, I will have had a lesson last Saturday. Shortly after I finished my extending whinge on the subject, the barn with the waiting list got back to me. Yay! [Looking For Lessons] I am writing this on Friday and schedulingContinue reading “Hark Is That A Lesson I Hear?”

Images ~~~ Three stages of weaving on a screen, showing the progression as weave gets tighter. Top. Holes are as wide as bands. Middle. Holes are half the size of bands. Bottom. Holes are one-quarter the size of bands. I like how the three images show the difference as the holes get smaller. The topContinue reading “Blog Logo, Weaving Digitally”

Writing Intro, Or How Did We Get So Far Off Topic? I want to write for a textile magazine (Waves hi!). In the cover letter, I needed to explain my weaving experience, or lack thereof. I figured I would include links to a few blog posts that talked about weaving. And perhaps a story orContinue reading “Weaving In and Out of My Life, A Crafting Resume”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children, Gallagher, 6 Oct 2021. Wow.~~~ As usual, park gate was open. 😦 I went to close it. The latch had been fixed! The swinging fork fit the gate post! 🙂 This made me unreasonably happy. I wasContinue reading “Fixed! A Small But Happy Improvement In The World”