Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. Falling! Our World in Data: Cancer death rates in children under 5 years old. ~~~ Snow on Friday. This was the path to the barn late Saturday morning. Small patches of snow lingered into Monday. Very unusual post-snow behavior for this area. We only missed one day of walking. ThursdayContinue reading “Winter Weather, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. Scientific American: Why a Warming Climate Can Bring Bigger Snowstorms, It may sound counterintuitive, but a warming climate can actually lead to bigger snowstorms. Rawlins 2022. Originally appeared in The Conversation. ~~~ The horses were, um, expressive. Yeah, let’s call it expressive. No idea what they were expressing. I spentContinue reading “Horse Zoomies”

Art of the outside world. J. Harris: The Air Bear Project. ~~~ Birmingham Museum of Art uses these freestanding foldables to separate the dining area from the corridor spaces. Brown is paper. White is textile. They are gorgeous. Molo: paper softwall Molo: textile softwall MoMA: Paper Softwall, Stephanie Forsythe, Todd MacAllen, 2003 Props to theContinue reading “Furniture Art”

❄️ 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁡󠁫󠁿 ❄️ Friend: So, how did you two meet? Main Character, exchanges look with partner: Funny story. We met in Alaska. Friend: Alaska? I don’t see you as the outdoors type. Main Character: I’m not. So much not. In fact that’s why they sent me. They had been having trouble with employees going upContinue reading “Taking The Long Way Home, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. My area is having a winter adventure today. Our local weather dude felt the need to say this earlier in the week, “Please understand I possess no knowledge of future road conditions in any specific location at any given time.” AlabamaWX: Still Dry Tomorrow; Rain/Snow For Alabama Friday, Spann, JanuaryContinue reading “City Trees, Photography”

The sad news first. Come back tomorrow if you’re having a rough day. ~ ~ ~ Shortly after my last post, Jasmine passed away in her sleep. Spent the day asleep. Was gone by the evening. Quiet as could be. Not even a twitch or a squeak at the end. Can’t say it came asContinue reading “The Bad and The Good, Life with Dogs”

Awareness of the outside world. I got nothing. Apparently the new year did not bring riotous amounts of new energy. Feeling dark and cold. Much like the weather. ~~~ Back to work. Kinda. Sorta. After an unplanned break of several months, both horses are back at work. Sorta. Kinda. They have worn bridles. Rodney gotContinue reading “Workish”