One side effect of living in the middle of nowhere is that you have to seriously organize trips into civilization. All needed errands must be put on the same...
As darkness settled over Erdenheim, there was one exception. Embers glowed along the last and thickest log in the brush pile, still smoldering its way into...
A day of snowballs, not the kind you throw but the kind where one thing turns into several and keeps gathering momentum. The horse trailer hasn't been used...
The days have roughly two segments. Part one, the daylight, is devoted to the horses and the outside projects. Part two, after dark, is for the writing....
There are times that a nonstop imagination is a liability, and one of those times is when I'm singing a solo. Group singing is an undiluted high with no...
The February snowball rolled the remainder of the way down the hill and smashed into bills today, not doing as much damage as it could have, but still...
Meeting my quota today of submitting at least one thing to somebody, contest, magazine, or wherever, each week recalled the first submission ever. I was in...
Snowflakes, huge, whirling snowflakes, filling the morning with beauty. They weren't sticking at all, but they sure turned the world into an inverted...
Today, I finally got a chance to look at the "free" horse a friend had offered me. She's a Thoroughbred mare. On looks, I was impressed. She's a very...
One thing leads to another, in horses as in life. I am planning to introduce myself, Frosch, and Monty to in-hand showing this year, something I've never done...
Back when I was a teenager, I wrote a parody called "the Rabbit in Our Hat Sticks His Nose Out (and Has It Dusted)." This was patterned after "the Cat in the...
My grandmother was a great advocate of learning something new every day. My education has been expanded since beginning this adventure in ways I never...
Today began with some planning for the future of a different sort. I had a medical exam at 8:00 a.m. for life insurance. You can get it without a medical...
I finally got down to a project that's been waiting for the right day - waterproofing Mom's deck, as well as the new wooden trim I recently put around the...
Animals have the most perverse sense of occasion sometimes. They can be perfectly cooperative 99% of the time, but the 1% that you really need them to be,...
I agree he is adorable! He has turned into a handsome boy! ... From: Deb To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:05 AM Subject:...
The wind has been alive today, a howling, screaming force, sweeping relentlessly around the house like a burglar searching for unguarded entrance. It almost...
The wind was calmer today (relatively speaking; Erdenheim was still its windy usual). Chilly outside, but I worked on trailer plastic for several hours....
Yea Deb(about Erdenheim growing), and it just seems a staple gun would make that t plastic job a whole lot easier. Deb wrote: The wind was calmer today...
I'm sure a staple gun would help, Cindie, but I'm afraid to get one. The tightness and contortedness of the position I have to work on this in (and with...
As a temporary (I'm being optimistic) deep freeze hit the area last night and today, bringing 2 inches of snow, I spent today indoors working mainly on...
I think you could probably handle a $5 staple gun. That would be a manual type gun. No, I would think an air pressure staple gun or nailer would be a bit much ...
Cindie wrote: "I am glad you are enjoying the camera. I must say I think I am enjoying it more now too. Now that you own it I ge t to see pictures of...
The temporary deep freeze outside continued today, so I spent the afternoon inside writing. I am surprised myself sometimes when I write. Today, I thought I...
Horse breeding isn't quite a science, but putting serious thought into it greatly improves your odds of success. I've been applying quick serious thought when...
During a short break at Singers rehearsal tonight, the woman sitting next to me, who is a nurse, commented out of the blue, "You've made the right decision. I...
This morning, I ran 12 feet of insulated electric cable underneath the new gate, so it could carry the electric charge from one side of the gate to the other...
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley," noted Robert Burns, Scottish poet. "If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong," commented Mr. Murphy....
Animals react differently to music. My old mare Chrissy was a dancer. She listened to the music as much as I did and had a deep sense of rhythm. Getting in...
I have an ongoing game with the horses. At least, they think it's a game. It's called "flip the feed pan." I have round rubber feed pans to feed them grain...
