Category Archives: Thoughts

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”

Awareness of the outside world. New Humanist: What does the term “Judeo-Christian” actually mean? 2019. ~~~ [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Fifty years ago last Wednesday. “One of the most watched televised sporting events of all time, no tennis match before or since has been seen by so many.” Billie Jean King: Battle of the Sexes. ~~~ Time: mid-1960s. Scene: New York City emergency room I was 5 years old, giveContinue reading “Witness To History, Years Ago In The Emergency Room, With Apologies, Personal Non-Fiction”

Photos from the outside world. NYT: The World Through a Lens. I don’t think it is pay-walled, but I don’t always understand where the NYT draws their lines. ~~~ Beeswax Creek flowing toward the Coosa RiverBeeswax Creek ParkShelby County Alabama USASeptember 2023 Technical Details Creek. f/18.0, 1/250 sec., 80.0 mm, ISO 400. Manual & auto-focus.Continue reading “Back To Beeswax Creek, Photography”

Coach Kate went undercover in mini-world and brought back this report. Welcome Coach Kate! ~~~ The 2023 Shetland Pony Congress had something for everyone, almost. There was daily free food (donuts, pizza, tacos, BBQ), there was daily kid-friendly entertainment (arts and crafts projects, ice cream sundaes, movies) there was shopping (jewelry, dog supplies, two mobile tackContinue reading “Fierce & Fuzzy, Shetland Pony Congress, Guest Post”

Awareness of the outside world. TYWKIWDBI: Theater surveillance of the audience, 16 September 2023. ~~~ Short Version Consider adding an identifier to an anonymous comment. Long Version. Several readers who I know IRL (waves hi!) have told me that WordPress is being inconsistent about comments, making more of them anonymous recently. Sometimes I can tellContinue reading “We Interrupt This Blog For An Administrative Announcement About Anonymous Comments”