Category Archives: Thoughts

Art of the outside world. Ever wonder how statues are cleaned? The Florentine: Statue of Cosimo I dismantled for restoration. Paduano, 2022. Cosimo is now back on his horse. Hat tip to J. ~~~ Putting pattern to the shapes. [Shapes In Blue, Geometric Art] Onwards!Katherine

I’m Grace, a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. I live in Montreal and this summer I’ve had the privilege of being on a sabbatical – my first in 15 years of working in parishes. I took a 6-week trip through 5 European countries, but the most relevant part for this blog is theContinue reading “Riding The Camino de Santiago, Guest Post”

Awareness of the outside world. Coosa Riverkeeper: Power Coal Plant ~~~ Sally Branch InletCoosa RiverBeeswax Creek ParkShelby County Alabama USASeptember 2023 Coosa River looking upstream from Beeswax Creek Park. The smokestacks are the E. C. Gaston Steam Plant. Coosa River looking downstream from Beeswax Creek Park. Technical Details Reflection. f/10.0, 1/125 sec., 50.0 mm, ISOContinue reading “Son of the Return To Beeswax Creek, Photography”

Awareness of the horse world. CBS42: 80 years ago, Alabama’s most famous horse was born, Taylor, 2022. ~~~ Previous [Show Report ASHAA Summer Fun Series, September 2023] Photos Photos by Ten Toes Outdoors. Photos by Ten Toes Outdoors. Downloaded and posted with permission. Gallery, Ten 10 Toes Outdoors: 2023 Summer Fun Show, Heathermoor Farm. I amContinue reading “Other Horses, Show Media & Thoughts”

Awareness of the outside world. Lawyer, Guns, Money: Collective trauma response, Campos, September 24, 2023. ~~~ Last weekend we had plans to meet with people to talk about possible horses, as IRL follow-ups to earlier conversations. Preliminary discussions rather than trying out horses, but progress. [Small Steps in the Horse Search] Alas, plans fell thru. IContinue reading “Horse Search, Of Mares & Warmbloods”

Awareness of the outside world. Interesting decisions to be made about allocating health care. Kevin Drum: Did I receive CAR-T treatment because of white privilege? July 31, 2023. ~~~ We have reintroduced riding. The horses have been going for walks. The same thing as we had been doing. Same path. Same distance. With the additionContinue reading “Celebrating The Walks, with A Side Order of Whinge”

Awareness of the outside world. Henshall, C., Randle, H., Francis, N. et al. The effect of stress and exercise on the learning performance of horses. Sci Rep 12, 1918 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03582-4 ~~~ Walked into the barn and saw this … ~ ~ ~ … gory photo incoming … ~ ~ ~ … Milton is fine.Continue reading “Milton Auditions For A Campy Horror Movie”