Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside horse world. USEF: Equine Microchipping. ~~~ BubbaStepping Stone FarmJuly 2025 As close as I’m likely to get to riding a spiffy Saddlebred in the Rolex arena at the Lexington Junior Charity Horse Show. Reagan giving a master class in how to make a statement coming into the show ring. Livestream byContinue reading “Looking at Lexington”

Awareness of the outside world. Filled out my quarterly survey for the Johns Hopkins COVID Long Study. I have signed up for the repeating version. Looks like they will take single entries, “Participation includes a one-time, 20 minute survey.” ibid. I’m fine – which I am very happy about – but it makes the surveyContinue reading “Rock On, Razzy”

Awareness of the outside world. Cleveland.com: Mysterious life form found on ship that docked in Cleveland, Krouse, Jul. 2025. ~~~ Horses have returned to organized exercise in the morning. We do a warm-up lap together. Then I hand one horse off to the groundwork dude. They lunge while other horse and I do two laps.Continue reading “Work Is A Four Letter Word, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Awkward conversation I couldn’t figure out how to have. There was demonstration held in my area. Them: If you cannot come to the main event, please gather in a local park and light candles or release balloons. Me: Um. Er. I support your cause. You deserve answers. Can it beContinue reading “Rodney’s New Dinner Bucket”

Art of the outside world. Relics: A New World Rises. COMBINES DISCARDED AND FORGOTTEN HUMAN ARTEFACTS WITH INTRICATE LEGO® CIVILISATIONS. ~~~ Elizabeth Moore ChocolatesPelham AL I was fascinated with these decorations. In Other News Food photography continues to be hard. Multiple photo sets. Struggling to make the photos as good as the cookies IRL. WorryingContinue reading “Holiday Cookies, Food Art”

Awareness of the outside world. “A nice science-fictional idea, but there was no real story to support it. I learned very quickly that ideas are easy: it’s the story that’s the hard part.” The Director Should’ve Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade by Alan Dean Foster. Ideas are the easy part. I’ve said thisContinue reading “Sending A Message To The Future, State of the Blog”

Awareness of the outside world. “it would be safe to say, however, that independence from England is the most celebrated national holiday in the world, if one excludes religious holidays.” Pastor Mike Rinehart: Is Independence from England the most celebrated holiday in the world? ~~~ Photos by Greg WalcottChelsea ALJune 2025 Municipalities around here hadContinue reading “Fireworks, Recurring Guest Photography”