Category Archives: Thoughts

Art of the outside world. The Color Palette Company, cities as collections of colors. They do a nice job. I would order, but I am trying to be where I am rather than thinking about where I am not. ~~~ Colors: jade, khaki, lilac Project Description [Colorwork Alphabet Introduction] Previous Posts [Colorwork Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

Horses of the outside world. Not at the horse show today. The stars had aligned so that I would’ve had another chance to show the fancy horse from the TN show. Phooey. [Trip to Tennessee] Update: Backstory for new visitors. Injury is keeping me out of the saddle. [Horsekeeping, Not & Wrist Wear] ~~~ #25Continue reading “Extended November Writing Challenge Part 2, Fiction Fragments”

Food of the outside world. Did you know the US had one? “Currently Chef Notter is the pastry coach of the USA Culinary Olympic Team which represents the USA in international culinary competitions.” EMC: About Us, cited 5 Dec 2025. ~~~ Chocolates, Elizabeth Moore Chocolates, Pelham AL USACookies, Benton’s Speculoos, Aldi Per EMC, bon-bons areContinue reading “Speculoos, Food Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. Election news. Florida Politics: Eileen Higgins shatters glass ceiling with runoff victory in Miami Mayor’s race, Scheckner, December 9, 2025. Hat tip to Bolts Magazine, via Bluesky. The Downballot: Georgia Democrats flip conservative seat in yet another upset, That’s 25 pickups for Democrats nationwide this year—and zero for Republicans, Nir,Continue reading “Telling Tales, Writing”

Awareness of the outside world. Peeks at news. Gaa. Still awful. Have a happy instead. APNews: A symphony of woofs: This is what happens when 2,397 golden retrievers gather in an Argentina park, Debre, December 8, 2025. Hat tip to G. ~~~ I was this many years old when I learned about the current ruleContinue reading “Reading The Rules, Trotting Into The Ring”

Awareness of the outside world. The what? Time to start moving the wrist. Off to a good start, but my brain is empty. (Post is coherent because it was written before Doc appointment on Monday.) ~~~ Chugging along on the morning walk with the horses. Up to three laps, or 0.6. miles. Annoyingly, each addedContinue reading “Slowly Moving Forward, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Have you heard about the ICE-influenced Nativity scenes? ~~~ Doing what I can around the barn, but still not doing much. [Horsekeeping, Not, Things I Can’t Do Now] Standing around the barn as a decorative element is a weird combination of being there and not being there. When I goContinue reading “Horsekeeping, Still Not”