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Tag Archives: Horses
All tractor, all the time—
John Deere and my GM (good man, not general motor). Finessing the box scraper. Kind of like trying to fix a watch with a hammer. Jetta. Impressed. GM doing other manly things with the tractor. Did I tell you we … Continue reading
The new addition –
A few minutes ago, G announced cheerfully that today, M had been gone eight months! Only he was wrong. He had it wrong. Nobody around here is allowed to round up anything relative to time passing—time is only what it actually … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gin, Horses, Just life, Memories and Ruminations, Seasons, The g-kids
Tagged Frazz, Horses, snow, tractor
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In case you were wondering
This is what it’s like to have horses: You get up in the morning. (Some people do this earlier than I do. Let me just explain that I get up WAY earlier than I would if I didn’t know people … Continue reading
Posted in Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Just life, Uncategorized
Tagged Horses, scary stuff
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Little Cat Feet –
Fog. We live in a high mountain valley. Every January (Dad, don’t read this), a ridge of high pressure will settle over us in what they call an “inversion.” I’m not sure what’s inverted, exactly. But it’s like we’re a … Continue reading
Atten: Office of Humbug
Forget cognitive dissonance. How about cognitive lock-up. Like they say on the space shows, “I’m trying sir, but the computer’s all locked up.” Or frozen? Do they say frozen? Or jammed. Any of those. That’s where I am: cognitive freeze. What’s wrong with people in administrative offices? If … Continue reading
Rivers of Drowsy Aspen
One of the greatest delights of our lives is to ride the mountains in autumn. Every year I’m scared we won’t get up there. But every year, we manage to sneak away (if you can call it sneaking when you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Just life
Tagged Autumn, Dustin, Guy, Horses, Rachel, trail, Zion
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Dogs, but no cats –
So okay. Someone explain to me why this happens – I’m doing the treadmill thing (did you know that exercise seems to be part of the prevention of dementia? Now what was I talking about?) watching as The News trots … Continue reading
Not what I meant to post today:
August 14 I really need to post these things when I first write them. Otherwise, they just keep expanding, or being usurped by new ideas or freaking events. I hate to push patience, suspecting that not so many folks have … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Just life
Tagged epiphanies, Genealogy, Horses, messy house, snakes
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Hay, Marketing and a Little Light Housekeeping
The housekeeping part will come first: you may recall how every half-year to year I do a “Still want to be on my list?” plea? I don’t like to think I’m sending to anybody who’d … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Just life, Memories and Ruminations
Tagged farmer's market, hay, Horses, housekeeping
38 Comments
Canterbury Tales – without the Canterbury
May 25, 2008 And now to start the long tale. Tales are bound to be long when you keep living the chapters so quickly, you never get a chance to record them. And I am getting weary, trying to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Just life
Tagged Chaz, foreclosure, George, Horses, hospital, hysteria, new babies, photobooks, Sultan, The g-kids, vet
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