Category Archives: Thoughts

Letters of the outside world. Vesuvius Challenge: First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student, October 12th, 2023. Hat tip to R. ~~~ [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

[Horse Shoe Pumpkin, Photography] Every year, people get upset about Halloween. I hear yipping about devil worship and satanic influences. I have three words for these folks. All. Hallow’s. Eve. Hallow – Holy. As in ‘Hallowed be thy name.’ Eve – The night before. As in Christmas Eve. Therefore, Halloween is the evening before All Saint’sContinue reading “Halloween Rant”

Awareness of the outside world. When photos are so significant that they become statues. NPS: Kelly Ingram Park. Statues & original photos, Civil Discourse: Visualizing the Civil Rights Movement: Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, AL. ~~~ Horse Shoe PumpkinOctober 2023 Technical Details Horse Shoe Pumpkin. f/16.0, 1/100 sec., 45.0 mm, ISO 100. Manual mode & auto-focus.Continue reading “Horse Shoe Pumpkin, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. ASHAWire: Exploring Use of Hippotherapy as a Treatment Tool, Dismuke-Blakely, Miller, & Rocco, 2019. Note, ASHA = American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Also note. “Don’t confuse hippotherapy with adaptive horseback riding lessons, also known as therapeutic horseback riding.” ibid ~~~ Continuing the conversation with myself. Saddle seat versus other English disciplines, hunter/jumper/eventing/dressage.Continue reading “Lesson Notes, Compare & Contrast Between Disciplines”

Awareness of the outside world. I’ve got nothing. I have nothing to add to the major news of the day and it feels like a lack of attention to wander off and comment on other things. ~~~ Home team is doing fine, just not being narratively gripping. After Milton’s adventures this year, I have toContinue reading “Cat Pictures Please, Observer Effect”

Awareness of the outside world. Tried to get flu shot yesterday while I was at Med Center for routine appointment. Clinic closed by the time I got there. Phooey. Now will have to drag carcass out of house back into the wilds of civilization ~~~ Milton has re-achieved trotting in harness. He does straight lines,Continue reading “Milton Levels Up”

Awareness of the outside world. It’s Airborne: How Can You Clean The Air? W.A.T.C.H. Hat tip to B. ~~~ An Ultimate Hoofpick, marked with blue tape for the kit I bring to Stepping Stone Farm. [What Makes You, You? A Blog Hop.] I put off taking one of these to an outside barn for fear ofContinue reading “Having The Proper Tool For The Job”