I know, we should not say we are old, but Jane and I like to make jokes about being some of the oldest competitors at horse shows. Today, we loaded Bart and Derry into the trailer and drove over to the National Equestrian Center to school for the Flying Fox Horse Show this weekend. The […]
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Well, here it is, March 1st, and there are Spring Peepers singing in the woods. I admit I did hear one last Tuesday, when it was quite warm, but it was an outlier, and overly optimistic. This evening, there was a full chorus. Those little frogs are astonishing, freezing solid in winter, only to Spring
At last, February departs. At least it is the shortest month, because it has certainly, this year, been the most miserable. I implore Fate, or Destiny, or whatever, to give the Ukrainians good fortune in March. Evil and corruption have been ascendant. It is time for the tables to turn. Meanwhile, here in Missouri, where
It was indeed a sun day, with abundant sunshine providing a melt, after a very cold night. Ukraine is a constant concern and an undercurrent of stress and sadness, with nothing we can do. The animals, though, live in the moment and provide wonderful distraction, even as we hope for the brave Ukrainians to somehow
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Our dread over the situation in Ukraine has been realized, as Russia has invaded. We watch the news, as we must, but I can hardly cope with it. The barn work has been some distraction, but it has been a bleak and devastating time. More winter weather has made things tedious, on top of the
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