Category Archives: Thoughts

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Took a news blackout yesterday. My outrage meter is already pegged in the red zone. A day of hand-wringing and justification and other people’s outrage would increase neither peace nor progress. Blackout didn’t help. Turns out that sheltering yourself leaves you very conscious that there is somethingContinue reading “Pottering Around The Pasture, State Of The Fitness, December”

Dogs and cats living together … MASS HYSTERIA! Awareness of the outside world. Epiphany used to be one of my favorite holidays. It’s hard to celebrate wise men today. [Feast]~~~ Where did all my pets go? Two blog readers who know me IRL mention that the cats have disappeared from the blog. We are stillContinue reading “Where Did They Go? Pet Update”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Ancient Alabama, part eight, “Designated as the Stephen C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site … The old mine is one of the best sites in the world to discover the tracks of animals from the Coal Age.” AL.com: Alabama’s ancient coal swamps were a hot, sticky mess of giant treesContinue reading “Trailer Decoration”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “Boston wastewater makes all the past waves seem almost flat. It is hard to comprehend.” Paul Bleicher @pbleic Dec 30, 2021. Hat tip, YLR: State of Affairs: Jan 3. Source, MWRA: Wastewater COVID-19 Tracking. ~~~ You are marveling at the reflection of sky and clouds in the shiny cleanContinue reading “Clean & Shiny”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. “Strive for OK. This is not likely to be the best weeks of life. Lower the bar a bit and be OK with OK for a little bit.” Dear Pandemic: Case numbers are jumping QUICK! What should I be doing? Ritter/Those Nerdy Girls, December 30, 2021.~~~ Equi-Soft Girth byContinue reading “New Equipment, Fancy Girth For Milton”

Images ~~~ Editorial note. When I drew this (do you draw on a computer? The eyes. Not the letters. From scratch, even the eyelashes. Go me. But I digress.) it was December and I couldn’t believe it was almost 2022. Now it’s January and 2021 seems like it was a long damn year. Time isContinue reading “Blink”

Words First, I want to thank both development and marketing for agreeing to this meeting. You won’t be disappointed. My department has worked out an idea for a whole new sector of holiday movies. New content. New direction for advertisers. The works. I’ll just spring it on you. (Pause for dramatic effect.) New Years DayContinue reading “A Marketing Proposal for New Holiday Movies, Fiction”