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Daily Dispatches 2013



290: 12/31/13: The Year in Review
289: 12/30/13: Rainbow’s Cough
288: 12/29/13: Search and Rescue # 3 – Dog People
287: 12/28/13 Rainbow Spangler
286: 12/27/13: Other People’s Messes
285: 12/26/13: Routine Maintenance
284: 12/25/13: The Way it is
283: 12/24/13: Freebird, Chickaroo, and Metaphysics
282: 12/23/13: Mr. Siggi’s Legacy
281: 12/22/13: Time to Motivate
280: 12/21/13: Winter Solstice, 2013
279: 12/20/13: The Horses Speak
278: 12/19/13: How do other People do it?
277: 12/18/13: Follow Through
266: 12/17/13: Colon
265: 12/16/13: Jenna as Animal Spirit Guide
264: 12/15/13: K-9 Search and Rescue, Session #2
263: 12/14/13: Going to the Dogs -- Herding Class #5
262: 12/13/13: Graduation Night
261: 12/12/13: Tough Decisions
260: 12/11/13: Horses #1, 2, and 3 – the Ongoing Story
259: 12/10/13: Busy??
258: 12/9/13: Spirit Animals
257: 12/8/13: Moving Sideways, an Example
256: 12/7/13: Moving Sideways
255: 12/6/13: Dog Training, Class #5
254: 12/5/13: Pete
253: 12/4/13: Happy Trails
252: 12/3/13: A Long Trail Ride
251: 12/2/13: Horses Gone
250: 12/1/13: Dog Search and Rescue – Session #1
249: 11/30/13: Sheep Herding 101, Part III
248: 11/29/13: Friendship
247: 11/28/13: Attitude of Gratitude, Again
246: 11/27/13: Taking Risks
245: 11/26/13: The Ethos of Rescue Animals
244: 11/25/13: Wrong Brothers, First Birds to Walk
243: 11/24/13: Trailer Talk
242: 11/23/13: Sheepherding 101
241: 11/22/13: On Target
240: 11/21/13: Seasonal Affective Disorder
239: 11/20/13: Get ‘er Done Part II
238: 11/19/13: Get ‘er Done, Part I
237: 11/18/13: Praise Dog
236: 11/17,/13: Maybe, Just Maybe
235: 11/16/13: Ryder and Sheepherding
234: 11/15/13: Alys Weighs In: Mr. Siggi’s Legacy
233: 11/14/13: Pete Weighs in on Mr. Siggi
232: 11/13/13: Chunking Things Down
231: 11/13/13: Amazing Horses, Amazing Riders
230: 11/12/13: Onward and Upward
229: 11/10/13: Ugh and Double Ugh
228: 11/9/13: Weather or No
227: 11/8/13: Veterinary Visit
226: 11/7/13: Ryder – Oh Oh
225: 11/6/13: Happy Trails to You
224: 11/5/13: A Better Day, Today
223: 11/4/13: Sick Horse
222: 11/3/13: Maintaining Peace in the Peaceable Kingdom
221: 11/3/13: Freebird and Chickaroo
220: 11/2/13: Efficiency
219: 11/1/13: The Teaching-Writing Life
218: 10/31/13: Arf
217: 10/30/13: Living the Good Life
216: 10/29/13: Splat, splat, splitty, splat, splat, Splat
215: 10/28/13: Fix it . . .
214: 10/27/13: Tolting the Divide Trip Log II
213: 10/26/13: The Importance of Exercise
212: 10/25/13: Listless
211: 10/24/13: Mr. Siggi’s Legacy
210: 10/23/13: Hrimfara and the New Herd Order
209: 10/22/13: Young Dogs and Old Dogs
208: 10/21/13: Stardust Memories
207: 10/19/13: Skjoni and Friends
206: 10/18/13: The More Abstract Nature of Law and Order
205: 10/17/13: Strong to the Finish Because I Eat My Spinach
204: 10/15/13: Rain
203: 10/15/13: Harvest Time
202: 10/14/13: Big Ideas
201: 10/13/13: A Bit of Sunshine on a Rainy Day
200: 10/12/13: Creating the Peaceable Kingdom
199: 10/11/13: Hello Ryder, Going to Miss you When You’re Gone
198: 10/10/13: Hold your Horses
197: 10/9/13: Inside of a Dog
196: 10/8/13: Who is David Marden?
195: 10/7/13: Raining Cats and Dogs
194: 10/6/13: Tinni’s Return
193: 10/5/13: Hi Ho the Derry-o, a Composting We Will Go
192: 10/4/13: The Concept of Mine
191: 10/3/13: Catching Up
190: 10/2/13: Boundaries
189: 9/30/13: Winter Camping
188: 9/29/13: What are the Odds?
187: 9/28/13: Wolf Creek Provincial Campground
186: 9/27/13: Watson Lake - Rodeo/Signage
185: 9/26/13: Liard Hotsprings
184: 9/25/13: Sikanni River Lodge Campground, BC
183: 9/24/13: Lewis Hawkes Pavilion, Grande Prairie, AB
182: 9/22/13: Jasper National Park
181: 9/20-22/13: Visiting Rae MacFarlane – Grizzly Sighting
180: 9/19/13: A Very Full Day
179: 9/18/13: Field of Dreams
178: 9/17/13: My Private Idaho
177: 9/16/13: The Farragut State Park Carriage System
176: 9/15/13: High Maintenance
175: 9/14/13: Messing with Horses
174: 9/14/13: Al and Robin Near’s Place
173: 9/9-14/13: Five Days in Butte, Montana
172: 9/9/13: Butte Montana, Vigilante Rodeo Grounds
171: 9/7&8/13: Antelope/Salmon River, ID: Two Days on Trail
170: 9/6/13: Antelope, ID: Good Fences - Good Neighbors
169: 9/5/13: Down Time
168: 9/4/13: Mackay’s Mine Hill Tour-on Horseback
167: 9/3/13: Could you Live Here?
166: 9/3/13: Cow Paddy Camping
165: 9/2/13: Hardship
164: 8/31/13: The Life of a Ranch Hand
163: 8/30-31/13: Teton Canyon: Two Great Rides
162: 8/29/13: Tetonia: Sarah’s Place

161: 8/26/13, Driggs Idaho Rodeo Grounds
160: 8/21/13: Ultra-light Pack Trip Preparations
159: 8/20/13: Pete
158: 8/9/13: Moving Forward, Finally
157: 8/10/13: Cody, Wyoming, Dorothy Sue Phillips, age 77
156: 8/8/13: Thermopolis-Where Wind don’t Blow so Strange

155: 8/6/13: Blair-Wallace Recreation Area, Laramie Wyoming
154: 7/22/13 Empire, Colorado: A Change in Plans
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153: 6/3/13: Overwhelmed
152: 6/1/13: In Fairbanks, First day the CTR clinic
151: 5/31/13: In Route to Fairbanks
150: 5/30/13: Cutting Corners
149: 5/29/13: Consumption
148: 5/28/13: Coming out of the Dark
147: 5/27/13: Field of Dreams
146: 5/26/13: Andi’s Big Day
145: 5/25/13: Giddy Up Little Red Riding Hood
144: 5/24/13: Great Expectations
143: 5/23/13: The (yoga) day Progresses
142: 5/22/13: Comings and Goings
141: 5/21/13: Priorities
140: 5/20/13: Bells and Whistles
139: 5/20/13: Trip Preparations, Continued
138: 5/18/13: Where to Begin?
137: 5/17/13: Waiting
136: 5/16/13: The first Trail Rides of the Season
135: 5/15/13: Trip Update
134: 5/14/13: Veterinary Visit
133: 5/13/13: Holding Pattern
132: 5/12/13: Mother’s Day, Daughter’s Day
131: 1/11/13: Trail Trial Travails
130: 1/10/13: Life of Alys
129: 5/9/13: Trail Trials
128: 5/8/13:Lost and Found
127: 5/7/13: Hrimmi as a Yearling
126: 5/6/13: Homeward Bound
125: 5/5/13: Working as a Team
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123. 5/3/13: Gray Baby and the Big Move
122: 5/2/13: American Mattress
121: 5/1/13: Distant Relations
120: 4/30/13: 4/30/13: Hurry up and Wait
119: 4/29/13: Moving Floor Play
118: 4/28/13: Rough Landing
117: 4/27/13: Yanking up the Taproot
116: 4/26/13: Mr. Siggi’s New Saddle
115: 4/25/13: Trip Preparations – Macro organizing
114: 4/24/13: Horse Cents
113: 4/23/13: Serious Road Tripping
112: 4/22/13: Trip Plans
111: 4/21/13: Giddyup Heather
110: 4/20/13: The Most Boring Dispatch of all Time
109. 4/19/13: Snow Melt
108. 4/18/13: Just Another day at the Okay Corral
107. 4/17/13: Little Horse, Big Plans

106: 4/16/12: Doesn’t Make Sense

105: 4/15/13: Visionaries
104. 4/14/13: Trot

103. 4/13/13: Love and Animals

102: 4/12/13: Giddy Up

101: 4/11/13: Raudhetta fra Alaskastadir, Age 10
100. 4/10/13: Giddy Up
99. 4/9/12: Feeling Virtuous
98. 4/8/13: Old Snow Just Melting

97. 4/7/13: Hrimmi, Eleven Months
96. 4/6/13: Horses and Owners as Co-Learners
95. 4/5/13: Our Horses, Our Teachers
94. 4/4/13: Parents
93. 4/3/13: Death of Photoshop
92. 4/2/13: Proud Horses, Proud Owner
91. 4/1/13: Giddy Up
90. 3/31/13: Big Truck and Bigger Truck Plans
89. 3/30/13: Get Dem Doggies Movin’
88. 3/30/13: Burning Daylight
87. 3/28/13: Shooting Moose
86. 3/27/13: The Synergist Saddle Cometh
85. 3/26/13: Better Weather
84. 3/25/13: Git er Done
83. 3/24/12: Here’s to Being in Good Health
82. 3/23/13: Pete’s Man Truck
81. 3/23/13: Late Winter or Early Spring Storm?
80. 3/21/13: Spring Equinox
79. 3/20/13: My Dental History
78. 3/19/13: The Farrier Cometh
77. 3/18/13: Radio Free Palmer
76. 3/17/13: Little Girls and Horses
75. 3/16/13: Dormant Truck Battery
74. 3/15/13: Marching Along
73. 3/14/13: Poached Salmon
72. 3/13/13: Pope-urri
71. 3/12/13: Wind, Again
70. 3/11/13: Expatriates
69. 3/10/13: The Smell of Burning Toast

68. 3/9/13: Taking the Easy Way Out
67. 3/8/13: Jenna – The Soul of a Dog
66. 3/7/13: Nulla Dies Sine Linea
65. 3/6/12: Four Parcels
64. 3/5/13: Hrimfara at Ten Months
63. 3/4/13: Moose Sightings—a Right of Spring
62. 3/3/13: Horse Injuries
61. 3/2/13: Trip Preparations, Continued
60. 3/1/13: Girlfriends
59. 2/28/13: Last Day of February
58. 2/27/13: Lost and Found
57. 2/26/13: A Conversation with Ranger the Goat
56. 2/25/13: Pony Grrrrl Deep In Thought
55. 2/24/13: A Modest Proposal
54. 2/23/13: Forward Ho – Trip Plans Continue
53. 2/22/13: Still More about Being Responsible
52. 2/21/13: February 21, 2013
51. 2/20/13: Nailing down Photoshop
50. 2/19/13: A Conversation with Signy, et al.
49. 2/18/13: Moving Plans
48. 2/17/13: Hold Yer Hosses
47. 2/16/13: More on the Subject of Being an Adult
46. 2/15/13: Snow
45. 2/14/13: Waiting for my Ship to Come In
44. 2/13/13: Photoshop
43. 2/12/13: Narrative Reliability
42. 2/11/13: Traffic Jam
41. 2/10/13: A Conversation with Hrimmi
40. 2/9/13: Back to Five
39. 2/8/13: While Pete’s Away. . .

38. 2/7/13: Pony Grrrl
37. 2/6/13: The Bees Knees and Conditioning Horses
36. 2/5/13: Rise and Shine Moosey Moosey
35. 2/4/12: Stupor Bowl Sunday
34. 2/3/12: Begin with a Plan
33. 2/2/13: Groundhog Day and More On Trip Plans
32. 2/1/13: Hello and Goodbye to Peaches
31. 1/31/13: Counting One’s Lucky Stars
30. 1/30/13: Photoshop Returns Plus Hrimmi Update
29. 1/29/13: A Conversation with Signy fra Dareg Dair
28. 1/28/12: Trip Plans, Continued
27. 1/27/13: Betrayal?
26. 1/26/13: Peaches, Rest in Peace
25. 1/25/13: Moving Forward, Faster
24. 1/24/13: Pony Grrrrrrrrrl
23. 1/23/13: Peaches, etc
22. 1/22/13: Ask a Mare, Tell a Gelding
21. 1/21/13: Trip Preparations: Switching Gears
20. 1/20/13: Trip Preparations: Saddle Fit
19. 1/19/13: Republican Like Me
18. 1/18/13: Tolting the Divide Part II – Doors Open
17. 1/17/13: Much of the Same and Getting Worse
16. 1/16/12: Pete’s Sabbatical
15. 1/15/13: Pack, Pedal, and Paddle: Another Trip Option
14. 1/14/13: Bad Weather and Driving
13. 1/13/13: Nasty Weather Part II, The Story Continues
12. 1/12/13: Nasty Weather
11. 1/11/13: Hoofing It
10. 1/10/13: Home Schooling Part II—Crossing Ice Floes
9. 1/9/13: Winter Home Schooling
8. 1/8/13: Happy Trails...Until we Get Mowed Down Again
7. 1/8/13: Finding my Voice
6. 1/6/13: Hrimfara: Now Eight Months
5. 1/5/13: Moving Forward, Incrementally
4. 12/4/13: I don’t need another horse
3. 1/3/13: Game Management Area 14-A
2. 1/2/13: Happy Days are Here Again
1. 1/1/13: Happy New Year?

 

 

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