Category Archives: Thoughts

Riding Awareness of the outside world. My request to join a Facebook group was declined. Why does rejection always hurt? Even if the rejection is from faceless strangers of a group in which you were only moderately interested? And yet it does hurt. Each rejection recalls the other times I was excess to requirements. WhileContinue reading “Trotting About At Home”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Women’s Bureau Birmingham Roundtable, flickr photostream by Meg McKinney. For background, news article (not pics by Meg) WBRC: U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau director visits Birmingham to discuss women in the workforce, Maxie, Jul. 28, 2022. ~~~ The wise horse keeps one ear on the instructor. First ASBContinue reading “Return To Saddle Seat”

Riding Introductory note. This was an email sent to yet another hunter barn I am talking to about lessons. All the riding programs around here are full up. I suspect outdoor activities have done well through the pandemic. But I digress. Devil’s Panties is an autobiographical comic. The artist/author has a rule that if itContinue reading “Getting The Rules Straight, An Email”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “It wasn’t just a cute, spontaneous wedding at a horse show. It’s about more than that; it’s about being visible. A courthouse wedding would have been silent, and this was public.” The Chronicle of the Horse: Get Me To The Barn On Time: Riders Wed During Dressage At Lexington,Continue reading “Hay Purchasing”

Images Awareness of the outside world. LEGO.com: Charities we support. ~~~ Magic City LEGO Users Group display at Homewood Library, in keeping with the Oceans of Possibilities summer reading program. None of the MOCs are mine. I’m still a member of MCLUG but more in theory than in actual brick building. Floor Display Wall DisplayContinue reading “An Ocean of LEGO Bricks, MCLUG Display”

Words Illustration by AJ/The Errant Moon [The Errant Muse] As part of my orientation, I have to convince my corporate-assigned therapist that I will not suddenly become homesick once I get to the moon. So I told them about my last visit home. ~~~ Mom: “Do you have to go all the way to theContinue reading “Dreaming Of The Moon As An Adult, Fiction Sketch”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. “Half a century after Dartmouth College first admitted women, a female scholar and college administrator for the first time has been selected to lead the Ivy League institution, ending the hegemony of men who have filled the role for 253 years and through 18 presidencies.” Valley News: Dartmouth CollegeContinue reading “Milton’s Noseband Adventures, Or How Tack on One Horse Affects The Other Horse”