Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. Atlantic: What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval! Petri, February 12, 2026. Access issues, I read as gift article on phone, paywalled on desktop. If you cannot access, it reads mostly as you would expect, with the added feature that each presidential approval rating appears as aContinue reading “Contemplating Bodywork”

Paper of the outside world. “One day when my husband and I went for a walk in the pasture, I looked down at the pile of aging, crumbling horse manure at my feet and said “I could make paper …” Byopia Press: I Could Make Paper Out Of That. ~~~ Folding directions, OrigamiUSA: Masu. Paper.Continue reading “Mardi Gras Masu Boxes, Paper Art”

Writer: Hello, Muse Muse: Hello. What is on the keyboard for today? Writer: As usual, using the season to develop ideas for next season. Muse: Has worked for you so far. So, Mardi Gras. What do you have? Writer: The big problem is that I have too much. Everyone, at least in the US, knowsContinue reading “Muse and the Mardi Gras Movie, Fiction Fragment”

Awareness of the outside world. “It’s a frosted seasonal treat that Mardi Gras partygoers eat between January 6 (otherwise known as Epiphany, Three King’s Day, or Twelfth Night) and Fat Tuesday, which is the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Southern Living: The Tradition Behind The Mardi Gras King Cake. Darrisaw, JanuaryContinue reading “Mardi Gras Munchies, Food Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. CNN: Skijoring: The wild blend of horses and skis that was the Winter Olympics’ first ever demonstration sport, Bantock, Feb 2&3, 2026. Appears that they run this article every few years. CNN: Lost Sports, Bantock 2022, CNN: Mastering, Ramsay 2018, CNN: Ultimate in Horse Power, slide show 2015. ~~~ I’veContinue reading “Curse or Cure?”

Awareness of the outside world. Equine Ink: Budweiser’s American Icons Ad is Soaring, with background info on the commercial. ~~~ Lesson with Goldy last weekend. Got overwhelmed in the middle of a line. I was able to do the same height, perhaps a touch higher, as a single fence. Best explanation. It’s been a long,Continue reading “The Lessons Continue, Jumping”

Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Should ICE, immigration enforcement be reformed in Alabama? Here’s what you said, Smith Feb. 07, 2026. “58% of responses to a recent survey said they “think immigration enforcement is going ‘too far.’ ” I will grant that Alabama remains a deeply red state & that the article ends withContinue reading “Back At It, Morning Walk Stories”