My drive out to the barn this past Wednesday was wonderful because the sky was clear and I could really tell that the sun is setting later than it did one month ago. Yes, I do understand that the sun isn’t really doing anything — the sun stays still and the earth lurches around in [...]
I started going through some old pictures this weekend. We tend to keep our pictures in boxes here at our house and some are labeled and some are not, so while dragging out the pictures is fun at the time, figuring out what the heck to do with them can be a chore later. [...]
Quite recently, a friend and I went to the movies together except that we went to different theatres. The movie was Sweeny Todd (no need to link; you can find it easily enough) and we got our wires crossed because more than one movie house in town has the same name in the title [...]
Nope, not a dang thing to do with horses and not much to do with barn culture as I have experienced it and I don’t hink horses have much to do with the SDS either unless there were some mounted police in Chicago in ‘68. But I’m a Pekar fan. So don’t steal [...]
Today we worked on how I hold my body when going to the right. I tend to collapse in and drop my right shoulder, and this became very obvious to Leah one day when I wore a sweater with a strong horizontal band across the upper back/yoke. Since then, I try to wear [...]
Dr. Ellen Schmidt of Scotland e-mailed me to tell me about her site: http://www.discover-horse-carriage-driving.com and it is just loaded with neat pictures and information! I think what I like best (well, best so far: I’ve hardly had time to scratch the surface) is the picture of the jolly pair of cute little Fjord horses pulling the cart [...]
I got recruited to play Oregon Trail on FaceBook (I gotta quit hunting or I’ll use up all of the group’s ammo - I got a buffalo but that was beginner’s luck) and I’ve been thinking about how the land looks for people who need to go on a trip but who do not have [...]
Yesterday was my birthday! I’m 48! I love being 48! It’s such an easy number to remember! It’s so . . . so . . . so darn even! Twice times four is eight! Half of eight is four! What I like best about my birthday is that I have permission to run around all [...]
That’s a good mantra and I’ve employed it more than once when His Mo-ness has been in a less-than-cooperative humor. And when I remember to use the mantra, I hear Leah’s voice and think of how I usually hear that voice, from the ground looking up at me if she’s come into the ring to [...]
