Having extricated myself from Facebook, I often start the day, while waiting for the kettle to boil, by checking The Chronicle Of The Horse website. On Thursdays there is a segment called Throwback Thursday, with highlights from the past. In the middle of this long, cold January came a warm surprise that included my own […]
Having neglected my blogging resolution, I will reboot with a rundown of 2017, not one of my favorite years. Health, that most valuable of blessings, eluded us at times, reinforcing its importance. Harry spent two intervals in hospital, first to have couple of stents, and then for a frightening episode of atrial fibrillation. The drug
Sorry to report, I lost my verve for a while – that’s “verve”, not nerve. But Spring, with more daylight, returned, and with it some of my enthusiasm. I have dropped off Facebook, and some people have commented that they miss my updates. I find blogging a little odd, since it feels very self involved
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The news has reached me that Tom has died. He was 33, which, while less than half the expected life of a person, was a long life indeed for a horse. And Tom was a well loved horse. Almost thirty years ago, S D called me about a flashy four year old at the racetrack. Her