Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. “Importantly, modern identity labels (gay, trans) didn’t exist in the 1400s so we don’t know what labels these people would’ve chosen … but … as long as I keep getting undergrads in my classroom whose educations-so-far left them with the impression homosexuality didn’t exist between Socrates and Oscar Wilde (sigh)Continue reading “Summer Shoes”

Art plan did not eventuate. Have a cat. Pamplemousse (Moose)April 2025 Onwards!Katherine

Table of Contents for class posts plus tidbits that did not fit in elsewhere. Online class, UC Graham: From Istanbul to Cairo: The City in the Historical Novels of the Middle East. Cairo Tidbits The Taste of Egypt had a shirt that says, Welcome Thursday in Arabic. Took me a minute. Answer below. BBC: TheContinue reading “City Class Final, List of Posts”

Photography of the outside world. Are you old enough to remember when Glamour Shots was big? An undated website lists a store in Texas and one in New Jersey. Glamour Shots: Locations. “Glamour Shots® was considered the first in the industry showing customers their proofs on a monitor right after their session and allowing themContinue reading “Grub Gets a Glamour Shot, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. “When a neighbourhood mechanic was tagged, Griffin turned the mark into a jaunty blue horse.” CBC: Graffiti tags get art makeover. Hat tip to P. ~~~ Looking at a dressage barn. Lessons would be a good refresher while we try to get on the right side of the horse distributionContinue reading “Another Lesson Possibility, Albeit Unlikely”

Awareness of the outside world. amNY: Op-ed | Congestion pricing works, and NYC is not going back, Lieber, June 1, 2025. ~~~ Both horses lunged over the weekend. They sure move pretty. Darn it. Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Mad Barn: Equine Turnout Practices Research Study. I know nothing other than what is said on the page. Collaboration with the University of Guelph. Took survey. Seems harmless. ~~~ Xray & consult last week. Bone mostly healed (95%). Cleared to wear real shoes & do whatever I want. They don’tContinue reading “Foot Update, Cleared by Doc”