Sampson and I joined the riders today starting down by the Gibson reservoir. It was sad to see that the water level in this huge water source was about fifty yards lower than usual. We walked our horses over rocks and on a trail that next to a rushing stream. […]
This morning we got out on our horses and rode for about two hours into the Mortimer Gulch. My horse is named Sampson, and a fine steed is he, knows the way and has lost what I heard was an annoying habit of suddenly trotting when the rider didn’t expect […]
It’s a brisk and cool morning at the cafe. I am trying not to spend too much time here instead, I am going to the dump for the first time in my new dumpmobile, or truck, filled to the edges. I never imagined that so much of the work I […]
Here is Tucker, my steed, with whom I’ve been learning to ride up in Bernardston. Today’s ride was the best yet…at one point we had to turn around, and as we turned onto Shedd Road, Tucker decided to make a break for it. He jumped into a canter, and I […]
Tucker and I are getting to know each other quite well. The big horse is docile and knows the way. Yesterday I got a chance to go through the woods with him for a few hours. We even sped up to a quick canter for a few strides in an […]
Here is my new truck. Not really new but in great shape, taken care of by two women who live next door. I told them they can still borrow it when they need a truck.
I took the Peter Pan bus back to Springfield last night, it was the last bus. There were too many people and not enough seats…at one point the driver stepped into the bus and asked if anyone would get up and let a young girl on instead, and wait 2 […]
I am thinking and reading more about Colombia now that I’m planning to go there in early August. Today’s news was heartening. In all of the country’s major cities, millions marched against FARC the revolutionaries who kidnapped 11 politicians five years ago and now are being blamed for their deaths. […]
While I sat out on the narrow balcony of the MV Surfside Motel in Oak Bluffs, I read the MV Times’ account of a harrowing tale a seaman’s disaster. The story of Charles Samuelson, an experienced ocean sailor, who slipped and fell off his 42 foot Beneteau Yaquina sailboat. The […]
This weekend was a momentus occasion. Our family gathered for a wedding–my sister Jen, who is 50, finally tied the knot with her wonderful mate Steve Gilbert. We trucked out to the Vineyard for the occasion, staying over in the funky and fun MV Surfside Motel in Oak Bluffs. The […]
Last night we experienced true Italian culture. Sitting in the Piazza Maggiore, the huge square in the middle of Bologna, we enjoyed a program of ballet and modern dance. After one of our group was introduced over the loudspeakers as being a ‘guest from CBS News London’ and the aisles […]
