My stepfather woke me up this morning and said that my Mom’s favourite mare, Farah, had died during the night. Farah was a sweetheart of a mare: multichampion Arabian in halter and performance, dam of five or so babies, and an unchallenged lead mare. She was one of those grand matron mares who knows she is beautiful and incredibly gentle with all of the kids who took riding lessons on her. She got...
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Catching up: Isis’ insulin resistance flares up
I quit doing regular updates here when things in real life exploded. Isis’ insulin resistance flared up, my job stress went through the roof, and my back (then knee and hip) all had problems. During the middle of March, Isis’ crest became more pronounced and she looked like she wasn’t feeling good. It took a few days to really register it, but the subtle symptoms of insulin resistance were back. My first priorty...
Continue reading...Out of town this weekend
I’m visitng my parents this weekend, so I’ll be possibly posting. Depends upon how exhausted I am from working at the barn. It’s a good exhaustion. 🙂 Mom has Isis’ daddy, Sirdar, and several of Isis’ sisters. She also has Kasane’s sister, Kenya, who is by the same sire and out of Isis’ sister, Farah. I am looking forward to seeing how Kenya looks compared to Kasane. Rajiyyah is also there. Sweet grey...
Continue reading...Catching up…
It has been a while since my last post. What, two months? It’s been hell here between work pressure, horse issues, and then my own back/leg problem. I am going to write posts and back date them to the time when they actually happened. I’ve often used the blog archives as a reminder of when things happened. It helps me keep things straight. Hopefully I’ll be back to regular blogging since things are...
Continue reading...Remains Of Gallo-Roman Winery in Burgundy
Science Daily had an article on the remains of a Gallo-Roman winery found in Burgundy. My favourite region in France is Burgundy. I should post some of the pictures I have of the grapevine-covered hill sides. It’s amazing. It would have been The Place to do a wine tasting — if I wasn’t allergic to alcohol… Gevrey-Chambertin, 12 km from Dijon, is famous throughout the world for its Burgundy wines. It is now...
Continue reading...Blood Ties on DVD in the US (finally!)
I received an email from Amazon.com stating that the Blood Ties DVD will be released in the U.S. on June 2, 2009. No word on what will be included on the DVD. Blood Ties fans have been waiting for almost a year and a half since the last episode aired on LifeTime’s web site. Woohoo! Update: According to the Save Blood Ties web site, this DVD will only include episodes 1-11 of Blood...
Continue reading...Latin Declension Song!
Some of my friends and I are learning Latin. It’s been a great challenge and a lot of fun, too. It’s amazing who you discover knows Latin… The programmer in the cube next to mine used to teach Latin. A friend of mine in Hillsborough has a Masters in philology. Other friends are Classics majors. My Mom learned Latin in school. I’m always looking for learning resources. I learn very welly using songs,...
Continue reading...Archaeologists Find Earliest Known Domestic Horses
An international team of archaeologists has uncovered the earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans. The discovery suggests that horses were both ridden and milked. read more | digg story Related Images:
Continue reading...The Greatest Internet Pioneers You Never Heard Of
A friend of mine is a Finnish programmer. The man is bloody brilliant as a programmer — one of the sharpest programmers I know. It’s not surprising that Finns would have had the first truly innovated browser — even before Mosaic. And here’s something funny. The article in the link below has a picture of the programmers. Don’t they all look like they could be cousins? Three quiet and unknown Finnish engineers in...
Continue reading...Sick. Again.
I was about 90% better from the last cold that went around the office. I felt fine, I just had a cough that sounded bad. Even that had diminished and was almost gone. And then I caught flavor two of the creeping crud that permeates my office. People have been out with crud off and on since before Christmas (for some, it’s been as long as Thanksgiving). Every five to ten minutes, I...
Continue reading...Making fun of Facebook
What would happen if Facebook were done live? Would you really poke your friends? The comedy sketch team of Idiots of Ants asks this question in a hysterical sketch. If you have ever used Facebook, you’ll get this. If you haven’t, have someone explain it to you. Related Images:
Continue reading...Stella plays GW again!
Stella has taken to watching me play Guild Wars (GW) almost every time I log on to the game. When she is ready to play, she sits about two inches from the monitor and watches the screen intently. She decided to help me play on Saturday when I was talking with a friend on GW. My friend used the dance emote and the character began dancing. And Stella was on! She’ll be 20...
Continue reading...That BBC Book Meme on Facebook
I think this is based on the BBC Big Read top 100 list from 2003. Most of the books are the same. I was curious how many books on this list my English studies covered. Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Related Images:
Continue reading...Directions to Prize
I just received directions to where Prize is stabled. I really will get to meet her tomorrow. I’m going to take plenty of pictures. Wow. I think I’m still in a little shock. Related Images:
Continue reading...Day at the barn
There was an informal natural horsemanship session at my barn today. One of the ladies started a three year old filly under saddle. The filly is a buckskin, Quarter Horse/Arabian cross. She is a rescue case and has not been handled much. She knew how to lead and not much else. It was amazing watching how the filly responded and learned what was being asked. She is a smart little girl. She picked...
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