Good Stuff

A very clever way of commenting on people who pass judgment based on subjective criteria:

Arizona Sun

Well, I'm back in the midwest after a rather-too-short trip back to AZ. Luckily, however, we packed our days full. Meryl has recently added a great dane puppy to the menagerie. His name is Romeo, and he's adorable:


Other than that, I drank a lot of tea and rode some bikes and horses. I also sun-burned my shoulders and scraped my knee. It's almost just like being a kid again.

We returned to Iowa to discover most of the snow has melted. I'm excited for spring. There is not yet much indication of green growing things - in fact it sort of looks like late fall out there. However, I am hopeful this will change soon.

New Friends

Yesterday afternoon I walked through a door and found myself the subject of many curious gazes. Faces I'd never seen before turned towards me and watched to see what I was going to do.

Over the course of the next few hours, I told Lou he had some of the most striking eyes I'd ever seen, let Jack blow into my nostrils, and made Delilah walk in a circle twice for trying to barge through a door in front of me. I was told Martha will become my favorite, Holly is the craziest, and Radio never stops talking.

This was my first day of employment at my new, very, very part-time job. Once a week I get to go play stable-hand and be around 14 of the giant four-legged creatures I so dearly love and miss. There are also potential exercise riding opportunities. Nothing is finalized yet, but I've got my fingers crossed.