Category Archives: Thoughts

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. The world can keep track of itself for a while. ~~~ Itemsshipping wrap(s)frozen pops ProcedurePut on shipping wrap with lowest strap snug around fetlock.Insert ice pops along the leg.Fasten rest of the straps.Voila. I use 2 pops on each side of the leg, meaning 4 pops per leg, twoContinue reading “DIY Ice Boots”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. BreyerFest this weekend. ~~~ Two trips to Falcon Hill Farm last week. Rodney becoming low-key about trot poles, low crossrails, and being in a ring with jump standards. Acclimatization appears to be working. (crosses fingers) Onwards!Katherine

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Horseboarding UK. ~~~ Ariat Heritage RT zip paddock boots, Carousel Tack Shoppe. The round toes make them look like dorky kid’s shoes but SO comfortable. My toes and the balls of my feet can’t believe their luck. Props to Karen Howerton, new owner of CTS, for suggesting this styleContinue reading “Check Out My New Kicks”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Tevis Cup: Western States Trail Museum, An Idea Coming to Fruition, April 13, 2022. ~~~ 100 miles, 55 rides, 43 hours 41 minutes (give or take), 26:09 min per mile. [Smelling The Barn, Week 13, Virtual Tevis 2022][VT archives] Onwards!Katherine

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Calling all couch potatoes. The World Games this week on Olympic.org. Live & replays. Free. ~~~ Milton’s doing fine. He’s taken well to being a husband horse. They are on their third Virtual Tevis. When Rodney took a week off to decide if he liked the style of hisContinue reading “Milton and I Hit a New Low”

Images Art from the outside world. I was looking for a gallery link or a well-illustrated article about the field art at the Tour de France, going on now. I found this. Canadian Cycling: How the Tour de France disguises the phallic artwork on its route, 2019. ~~~ The New York City Restaurant Archive: MammaContinue reading “Restaurant Memories”

Words Sports of the outside world. WBUR: What’s korfball? And why is it gaining popularity in Birmingham, Alabama? April 05, 2022. Video. Found via NPR. Video by Ninh Ly. ~~~ In which I fail at a fiction exercise, but for an interesting reason. Since the beginning of the year, I have been trying to postContinue reading “When Fact Is More Interesting Than Fiction”