My stepmom just quit her teaching job to write full time. I am so proud of her for taking an opportunity to fulfill a life-long dream. She’s writing children’s books and also some adult fiction. We had a long conversation about writing, characters, the stories she is working on, and writing in general. Non-writers do not understand about characters. In order to make a character seem alive to a reader, the writer has...
Continue reading...Good-looking Mare
Isis seemed like a completely different horse this evening. She was perky and interested in everything. She has been getting into things too. Since she started back on grain, she has apparently been throwing the halters off of the walls. Anything within her reach is not safe. That’s my girl! She just seemed so much livelier tonight. The grain is really making a difference. So far, she is also eating the corn oil....
Continue reading...Grain Goes a Long Way
The vet said that Isis could indeed begin having grain again. She is allowed a cup of grain two to three times per day along with a quarter cup of corn oil morning and evening. I have my doubts whether Isis will actually eat the corn oil. She has objected before to things being in her grain. We will see. The corn oil is a high fat supplement that can help horses with...
Continue reading...Old Poem: Polite Conversation
I have a few magazines to whom I’m considering submitting poems. Of coruse, that means dragging out all of the old poem files and reviewing what is there. This is a poem I wrote several years ago in the middle of a conflict with a friend. It’s not my best work, but some of the imagery is interesting. Comments welcome. Polite Conversation She said she was fine her tone indicating otherwise a gathering...
Continue reading...Thin Little Mare
The Bay Wonder Mare has been losing weight. Not just a little, but quite a bit. The barn owners were concerned and so was I. Isis hadn’t seemed like her normal self. She seemed lethargic and quiet. Dull. I taped her tonight. Before the surgery, the weight tape said she weighed 950-985. Tonight, she taped at 812. I’m calling the vet first thing in the morning. We have to be able to put...
Continue reading...Chinese Translation of Revenge of the Sith
This is just too funny. Apparently the English subtitles for the Chinese version of Revenge of the Sith are the result of English translated to Chinese and then translated back to English. Wow. And I thought some of the translated user manuals were bad! Memorable quotes include: “Our dichotomy opens the combat,” “he is in my behind,” “the backstroke of the West.” Hysterical. Revenge of the Sith: Backstroke of the West Related Images:
Continue reading...Viking Trading Center Idenfitied
Russian and German archaeologists think that they have found traces that could lead to the legendary Viking trading center of Wiskiauten. Interesting read if you are into archaeology. Archaeologists find traces of legendary Viking centre By Thoralf Plath Related Images:
Continue reading...The Bay and the Gray
This week has been a study in opposites. Isis is a more mature, mellow mare whose Egyptian and Crabbet bloodlines mean that she has the looks with a lot of common sense. Rajiyyah is a straight Egyptian, so she has lots of looks and not as much common sense. She is a sweet, intelligent horse who will listen when you say it’s all right. She is very spirited but doesn’t have a mean...
Continue reading...Adobe to Discontinue Adobe SVG Viewer
After several years without development, Adobe has finally announced that it will end-of-life the SVG Viewer. Support will be discontinued on January 1, 2007, and downloads of the viewer will cease some time early 2008. This is unfortunate because Adobe SVG Viewer (SVG) is one of the better, more complete implementations of the SVG specifications. One of the reasons cited for EOL-ing the viewer is supposed native support in some browsers. While there...
Continue reading...Rain Rot Again
Only Isis would get rain rot confined in a stall. Go figure! Since the colic surgery, she has been off of grain and therefore also off of her supplement. It is now painfully obvious to me just how much her supplement helps her. When I first started her on Joint Combo Hoof and Coat, she was nearly bald from rain rot. After about two weeks on it, she started fighting off the rain...
Continue reading...Another day at home
The Bay Wonder Mare(tm) continues to enjoy being at home. The first day she was home, she seemed to relax. Her entire body language was softer — as if it was safe for her to finally show just how exhausted she is. She has been getting out twice per day for good grazing while being lead on a leadrope. I put Rajiyyah’s stall ball in Isis’ stall. She glared at it and backed...
Continue reading...Isis is home!
Isis came home last night. Got on the trailer like a champ and hauled quietly back. She settled in immediately, happily munching hay and looking around. Her body seemed to relax again to realize where she is. I called the vet school twice to verify the amount of hay she’s allowed to have and whether she can have a mineral block. I’m going back out to see Isis after work today. Recovery will...
Continue reading...Heading home!
The Bay Wonder Mare(tm) is coming home tonight! It’s been a long hard haul for the past week and a half. Part of me can’t believe she’ll be in her stall. The other part feels slightly paranoid that something might happen. I’m glad the vet hospital is close so if anything happens we’re not that far away. Related Images:
Continue reading...Boogie Down, Bay Mare!
Man, talk about an up-and-down week! About 1:30 AM Tuesday morning, Isis colicked. Very mild, from what they said. She basically went down, got back up, had a slightly elevated heart rate and that was it. She was given some mineral oil. During the day, she passed the mineral oil and had a very good appetite. I saw Isis yesterday evening after work. Her vet student had taken her out to graze and...
Continue reading...Fare well, Crocodile Hunter
Queensland authorities have reported the freakish death of Steve Irwin this morning. Irwin apparently was swimming alongside a bull stingray when it attacked, striking Irwin in the chest with its spiked tail. Crikey. Related Images:
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