The mini-horse pull was well underway when I arrived at the Chelsea Community Fair this morning. Teams of two miniature horses took turns pulling thousands of pounds of weight piled on a stone-boat, a sort of runnerless sled. Moving the boat forward ten feet is a “full pull,” just as it is for the teams… Continue reading Mini-Horse Pull
Month: August 2023
Burnished
Sue’s dog Vesta—the one that another dog attacked some months ago—has decided that Rascal con be trusted. In fact, she rather likes him again. All other dogs? Not so much. She’s making progress, but other dogs still mostly freak her out, a state of being she announces with prolonged barking. Seeing another dog approaching… Continue reading Burnished
Home
Frank and Elaine are home. Hurray! They’ve been gone for a long time. Their son and his wife, both physicians, asked them to come to look after their kids for a year, while the new doctors did a one-year stint in Baltimore. Now the son’s family are en route to New Mexico, where they plan… Continue reading Home
Time Together
When Daughter Number One and her husband arrived from Wyoming, they came bearing gifts: a couple thousand-piece jigsaw puzzles. D#1 chose the ones she did for their pleasing images—one of North American birds and one of Yellowstone—and because they looked hard. She forgot to factor in that she’d be among those putting the puzzles together. … Continue reading Time Together