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358. 12/30/23: Below Zero
357. 12/29/23: Three more day
356. 12/28/23: Taking advantage of a book project related lull
355. 12/27/23: Wiping the Slate Clean
354. 12/26/23: Sunshine
353. 12/25/23: Quietude
352. 12/24/23: The Writing Life: Problem Solving Ahead
351. 12/23/23: Christmas Eve, Eve
350. 12/22/23: Oddly Enough
349. 12/21/23 The Winter Solstice
348. 12/20/23: The Writing Life: Looking for Answers
347. 12/19/23: The Heart of Darkness
346. 12/18/23: The Writing Life: The Introduction
345. 12/17/23: Shovel, Baby, Shovel
344. 12/16/23: Now or Never
343. 12/15/23:Visionary
342. 12/14/23: The Peripatetic Vision: Revisited
341. 12/13/23: Blue Sky and Sunshine
340. 12/12/23: Alaskans: One Tough Bunch
339. 12/11/23: A Blast from my Past
338. 12/10/23: Darker and Darker
337. 12/9/23: A Pat on the Back for a Job Well Done
336. 12/8/23: There’s No Place Like Home
335. 12/7/23: Two Weeks
334. 12/6/23: And Away We Go
333. 12/4/23: Home again, Home again
332. 12/3/23: Perchance to Dream
331. 12/2/23: Confirmation Code: BJXVZD
330. 12/1/23: Change is a Constant
329. 11/30/23: “Testing” the Free Enterprise System
328. 11/29/23: An Uneventful Beginning of a Short Trip
327. 11/28/23: Up, up, and Away
326. 11/27/23: More snow
325. 11/26/23: Snow
324. 11/25/23: Sick as a Dog
323. 11/24/23: Relentless bitch slapping
322. 11/23/23: Thanksgiving, 2023
321. 11/22/23: Oh Oh
320. 11/21/23: Momentum
319. 11/20/3: Blizzard Redux
318. 11/19/23: Like and Unlike Yesterday
317. 11/18/23: Breaking Trail
316. 11/17/23: The Joy of Dogs, Chickens, Goats, and Horses
315. 11/16/23: Snow
314. 11/15/23: More Snow
313. 11/14/23: Back in the Saddle Again
312. 11/13/23: A Day of Travel
311. 11/12/23: Geese
310. 11/11/23: Wind and Rain
309. 11/10/23: Bright Lights, Big City
308. 11/9/23: What is Once Was
307. 11/8/23: Pick A Religion, Any Religion
306. 11/7/23: Color
305. 11/6/23: From There to Here
304. 11/5/23: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
303. 11/4/23: Ride ‘m Like you Own ‘Em
302. 11/3/23: The Very Best Pony in the Entire World
301. 11/2/23: Resuming Agility
300. 11/1/23: Same Old Same Old
299. 10/31/23: Halloween
298. 10/30/23: Re: Re: Reconnecting
297. 10/29/23: The Horse Life: Re: Connecting
296. 10/28/23: Up,Up, Up, and Away
295. 10/27/23: Full Moon
294. 10/26/23: Good Health
293. 10/26/23: Envy
292. 10/24/23: Shift Key Not Working
291. 10/23/23: Back to Back
290. 10/22/23: Unraveled
289. 10/21/23: The Morning after the Night Before
288. 10/20/23: A Glitch
287. 10/19/23: One for the Money, Two for the Show. . .
286. 10/18/23: Tired and Wired
285. 10/17/23: Mum’s the Word
284. 10/16/23: Visionaries, Front and Center

283. 10/15/23: All we are Saying. . .
282. 10/14/23: Let’s Go
281. 10/13/23: What happened to October 12?
280. 10/12/23: Time’s Fun when you’re having flies
279. 10/11/23: Rage, do not go Gentle into that Good Night
278. 10/10/23: Harrumph
277. 10/9/23: Cutting off the bottom of an Apron
276. 10/8/23: Balance
275. 10/7/23: Keeping Fear at Bay
274. 10/6/23: Another Long Day
273. 10/5/23: Kindness
272. 10/4/23: Weather or Not
271. 10/3/23: What’s not forgotten is easily Remembered
270. 10/2/23: Same Old
269. 10/1/23: The Tenth Month of the Year
268. 9/30/23: Tis Fall
267. 9/29/23: A Different Kind of Tired
266. 9/28/23: Running Short on Words
265. 9/27/23: Good Omens
264. 9/26/23: Mousey Mousey
263. 9/25/23: Burning the Candle at Both Ends
262.9/24/23: Making Hay While the Sun Shines
261. 9/23/23: Under the Weather
260. 9/22/23: The Upward and the Downward Spiral
259. 9/21/23: The First Snow
258. 9/20/23: Home Alone
257. 9/19/23: Another Ride
256. 9/18/23: Goodbyes
255. 9/17/23: Another Year Older and Deeper in Debt
254. 9/16/23: Birthday Eve
253. 9/15/23: Mid-month
252. 9/14/23: Rain
251. 9/13/23: What Happened to September 13th?
250. 9/12/23: Getting Ready
249. 9/11/23 A Conversation with Hrimfara
248. 9/10/23: A Day at Home
247. 8/9/23: When words Fail
246. 9/8/23: A good day
245. 9/7/23: My Lucky Month, My Lucky Day
244. 9/6/23: Go, go, go
243. 9/5/23: High Anxiety
242. 9/4/23: The Power of the Imagination
241. 9/3/23: A True Story, Mostly
240. 9/1/23: Fair Enough
239. 9/1/23 Here it is, September
238. 8/31/23: Goodbye August
237. 8/30/23: Fall for Y’all
236. 8/29/23: Time Life Taffy
235. 8/27/23: Tonight
234. 8/26/23: Home again, Home again, joggity jig
233. 8/25/23:Nearly Home
232. 8/24/23: Clandestine Camping, Again, Again, Again
231. 8/23/23: Halfway
230. 8/22/23: Slow Down, You Move too Fast
229. 8/21/23: Why No One Reads my Dispatches
228. 8/20/23: On the Road Again
227. 8/19/23: Parade Day
226. 8/18/23: The Free Enterprise System
225. 8/16/23: Plans go Awry
224. 8/16/23: Over the Hump
223. 8/15/23: Lost Time
222. 8/14/23: Logic and Imagination
221. 8/13/23: Clockwork
220. 8/12/23: What Gives?
219. 8/11/23: Summer, still
218. 8/10/23: Crazy Busy Grr, grr, grr
217. 8/9/23: Grr, grr, grr
216. 8/8/23: Horses, Horses, Horses
215. 8/7/23: Reconnecting with my Horses
214. 8/6/23 Stop Making Sense
213. 8/5/23: The Final Day of Good Weather
212. 8/4/23: A Swing and a Hope
211. 8/3/23: The Woman who Had Everything
210. 8/2/23: Wordless, Almost
209. 8/1/23: Fummer
208. 7/31/23: Tired
207. 7/30/23: End of the Month
206. 7/29/23: Build it and they WILL Come
205. 7/28/23: All we do not Know
204. 7/27/23: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
203. 7/25/23: Humid
202. 7/24/23: Just Another Day
201. 7/23/23: A Very Full Day
200. 7/22/23: Scorcher
199. 7/21/23: Doing it All
198. 7/20/23: One Month after the Solstice
197. 7/19/23: More Rain
196. 7/18/23: The Summer that Wasn’t
195. 7/16/23: Rain
194. 7/15/23: Catching up
193. 7/14/23: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
192. 7/13/23: Vacation is Over
191. 7/12/23: Balance, Considered Again
190. 7/11/23: The End of the Road
189. 7/10/23: Photo from Denali Hwy
188. 7/9/23: Photo from Denali Hwy
187. 7/8/23: Photo from Denali Hwy
186. 7/7/23: Connecting Further with Horses
185. 7/6/23: Reconnecting with Horse
184. 7/5/23: Re-Connecting with Horses
183. 7/4/23: Celebrating Independence
182. 7/3/23: Memory
181. 7/2/23: Balance Issues
180. 7/1/23: The Day we have been Waiting for
179. 6/30/23: Last Day of June
178. 6/29/23: Whooooooooosh
177. 6/28/23: Closing in on Another Chapter of Self Life
176. 6/27/23: Walking Stick
175. 6/26/23: Not what I Expected
174. 6/25/23: Cow Parsnip
173. 6/24/23: The Right to Chews
172. 6/23/23: Out of Words
171. 6/22/23: Summertime
170. 6/21/23: Summer Solstice
169. 6/20/23: Rainy Solstice Coming Right Up
168. 6/19/23: Juneteenth
167. 6/18/23: An Honest to Dog Summer Day
166. 6/17/23: Thinking of Tinni
165. 6/16/23: Waiting
164. 6/15/23: Overwhelmed
163. 6/14/23: When Dreams Become Responsibilities
162. 6/13/23: Weary
161. 6/12/23: Rain Forthcoming
160. 6/11/23: My Hero
159. 6/10/23: Everybody Loves a Parade, Almost
158. 6/9/23: No Words Left
157. 6/8/23: Lucky US
156. 6/7/23: Out to Lunch
155. 6/6/23: When words Escape Me
154. 6/5/23: Summer Weather
153. 6/4/23: A Conversation amongst the Three Mares
152. 6/3/23: Doing the Impossible
151. 6/2/23: A Dream Dashed
150. 6/1/23: Solidly Spring
149. 5/31/23: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
148. 5/30/23: 22 Days Until the Summer Solstice
147. 5/29/23: Home Alone
146. 5/28/23: Down in the Old Hotel
145. 5/27/23: Tired and Wired
144. 5/26/23: Back in the Saddle Again
143. 5/25/23: Home again, Home again, jiggety jog
142. 5/24/23: Paradise
141. 5/23/23: Tired
140. 5/22/23: Anchorage to Fairbanks
139. 5/21/23: A Reprieve
138. 5/20/23: Enough
137. 5/19/23: Seasonal Frenzy
136. 5/18/23: Spring Etc.
135. 5/17/23: All the Signs of Spring
134. 5/16/23: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
133. 5/15/23: Cottonwoods
132. 5/14/23: Here comes Spring
131. 5/13/23: Pete’s Birthday
130. 5/12/23: A Most Beautiful Day
129. 5/11/23: Final
128. 5/10/23: Warm Weather Needed
127. 5/9/23: Whooooooooooosh
126. 5/8/23: Deadlines
125. 5/7/23: Science of Reading Symposium
124. 5/6/23: The Birds Return
123. 5/5/23: Hrimmi’s Eleventh Birthday
122. 5/4/23: Yikes
121. 5/3/23: Weather Whoas
120. 5/2/23: At the Day’s End
119. 5/1/23: May Day
118. 4/30/23: Say thank you
117. 4/29/23: An Infinite Number of Stories
116. 4/28/23: Geese
115. 4/27/23: Momentary Indecision
114. 4/26/23: Sprinter
113. 4/25/23: There Will Come Soft Rains
112. 4/24/23: I have Nothing to Say
111. 4/22/23: A Conversation with Tyra
110. 4/21/23: Lovely Day
109. 4/20/23: The Geese Return
108. 4/19/23: A Wing and a Prayer
107. 4/18/23: Some things We Learn as we Get Older
106. 4/17/23: At the Day’s End
105. 4/16/23: Eulogy for a Chicken named Thelma, sort of
104. 4/15/23: Lifetime Achievement Award
103. 4/14/23: Under the Volcano
102. 4/13/23: On the Eve of Raudi’s Birthday
101. 4/12/23: Just Deal
100. 4/11/23: Pete, Downstairs Cooking Dinner
99. 4/10/23: I Was Right
98. 4/9/23: All’s Quiet on the Homefront
97. 4/8/23: Spring???
96. 4/7/23: Horses, of Course
95. 4/6/23: To Drive or Not to Drive
94. 4/5/23: Whether or Not
93. 4/4/23: Keep on Keeping on
92. 4/3/23: This Evening
91. 4/2/23: A Conversation with Hrimfara
90. 4/1/23: April Fools’ Day
89. 3/31/23: Out like a Lamb
88. 3/30/23: Kudos to Pete
87. 3/29/23: Kudos from Afar
86. 3/28/23: Scrambling
85. 3/27/23: What We Talk About When We Talk About Horses
84. 3/26/23: Disruption of Routine
83. 3/26/23: Books Coming and Going, going, Gone
82. 3/24/23: Seven days left of March
81. 3/23/23:Long Day at the Office
80. 3/22/23: Keep On Keepin On
79. 3/21/23:Light Returns
78. 3/20/23: Giddy Up
77. 3/19/23: The Horse Gene
76. 3/17/23: What the Universe Gives Us
75. 3/16/23: Strange Astrological Zones
74. 3/15/23: Middle of the Month
73. 3/14/23: Moving Right Along
72. 3/13/23:I work Hard for a Living
71. 3/12/23: A Dang Good Day
70. 3/11/23: Running out of Words
69. 3/10/23: March is Easy to Spell
68. 3/9/23: All In Readiness
67. 3/8/23: Moo-ving Right Alon
66. 3/7/23: And after a long day at the office
65. 3/6/23: Spring
64. 3/5/23: One Day Closer to Spring
63. 3/4/23: Nothing to Say
62. 3/3/23: Keep them Doggies Moving
61. 3/2/23: I figured it Out – Affirmation is Key
60. 3/1/23: Spinter
59. 2/28/23: Dental Whoas
58. 2/27/23: Hindsight and Foresight
57. 2/26/23: Walking Horses
56. 2/25/23: Doors Open
55. 2/24/23: A Day in Los Anchorage
54. 2/23/23: Snow Day
53. 2/22/23: Look at a Book
52. 2/21/23: The Crystal Ball
51. 2/20/23: Move Decisively, Move Fast
50. 2/19/23: Weather Wise
49. 2/18/23: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
48. 2/17/23: Storm Squall
47. 2/16/23: Raise High the Roofbeams Carpenters
46. 2/15/23: Teeth
45. 2/14/23: Duly Noted, Valentine’s Day
44. 2/13/23: Snow, snow, and more Snow
43. 2/12/23: The Writing Life
42. 2/11/23: Another Saturday Shot to Hell
41. 2/10/23: Cold
40. 2/9/23: Trudge, Trudge
39. 2/8/23: Pit Pony Plugs on
38. 2/7/23: State of the Farm Address
37. 2/6/23: Snow?
36. 2/5/23: Bright Lights Book Project Flier
35. 2/4/23: Clockwork
34. 2/3/23: Motor, Motor, Motor
33. 2/2/23: The Writing Life/The Horsey Life: Finding a Balance
32. 2/1/23: The First Day of the Second Month of the New Year
31. 1/31/23: Per Chance, to Dream
30. 1/30/23: Hope Springs Eternal
29. 1/29/23: Ryder Weighs In
28. 1/28/23: Whooooooooooomph
27. 1/27/23: If I were to enroll in an MFA program. . .
26. 1/26/23: Every Which way But Sideways
25. 1/25/23: Seven Prose Poems
24. 1/24/23: Nasty Weather
23. 1/23/23: Snow, again
22. 1/22/23: Fishing
21. 1/21/22: One Month Beyond the Solstice
20. 1/20/23: P.J.
19. 1/19/23: Creating a Need
18. 1/18/23: A resurgence of Energy
17. 1/17/23: Tired
16. 1/16/23: You Can Do It
15. 1/15/23: My Winter Vacation
14. 1/14/23: It’s You Again
13. 1/13/23: Son of Daylight
12. 1/12/23: Coming Full Circle
11. 1/11/23: When Truth is Stranger than Fiction
10. 1/10/23: An Ideas Day
9. 1/9/23: Respite
8. 1/8/23: Shelf Life
7. 1/7/23: Making Lemons out of Lemonade
6. 1/6/23: Who’s Counting?
5. 1/5/23: Premature Aging
4. 1/4/23: Good begets Good
3. 1/3/23: So far, so Good
2. 1/2/23: Endurance
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