Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. Ars Technica: Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners, Ouellette, Sep 3, 2026. Improbable Research: The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, video. ~~~ I felt ignoble, and not in the clever-make-you-think way. Luna & OptimusStepping Stone Farm4 September 2026 Yes, there are two sets of ears. I bailedContinue reading “It Takes Two, Saddle Seat Lesson”

Awareness of the outside world. Braymere Custom Saddlery: The Akhal Teke World Championship ~~~ GoldyRosewood Stables5 September 2026 It was hot. [Too Hot] Then less hot. [Back To The Goldy Mine] Then hot again. This time, the mornings not were not awful. We thought we could slip in a lesson before the heat ramped upContinue reading “A Brief Sparkle of Goldy, Hunter/Jumper Lesson”

Awareness of the outside world. Related to yesterday. NPR: Boston Students Get A Glimpse Of A Whole New World, With Different Maps, Dwyer, 2017. New maps since 2017. Article points out that the equator is in the “wrong” place on the Mercator map. I had never noticed, or had noticed but not really thought about.Continue reading “Milton & Me, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Equal Earth. I was most surprised by the apparent size change to Russia (obv the country itself is the same size). That could be an artifact of living with the Cold War when the USSR loomed VERY LARGE in the collective psyche. [Inauguration Thoughts, The Secret Bits] ~~~ Phooey. Bruise orContinue reading “Hoof Treatment, Horsekeeping”

Large animal art of the outside world. Matthew Mazzotta: Home. A supersize pink flamingo who lives at the Tampa airport. ~~~ Biggest crane I have yet folded. A 22″ square piece of paper makes a crane with 11″ high wings. One inch square horse treats for scale. Paper from Alabama Art Supply. No deal withContinue reading “Large Origami Crane, Paper Art”

State of the Blog. Crossed 3000 posts for the streak on 11 August 2026. This is post #5278 overall and #3025 for the streak. [Counting Posts] ~~~ Dinner Is Served Hand grips mouse. I wait.Black wings wide. Coming at me.Mealtime exercise. Today is International Vulture Awareness Day. The Audubon Center for Birds of Prey heldContinue reading “Vulture Day & Polysyllabic Prose Poem”

Awareness of the outside world. Salon: It’s not just hopium: People really are leaving MAGA, Logis, June 8, 2026. ~~~ When I walked on my own, I used an auditory cue. [Counting With Sound] Now that I walk with the horses, I use nature’s abundance. [Counting with Pine Cones] For swimming, I use my footwear. ToContinue reading “Counting With Clogs, State of the Fitness”