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Wheels for the driving set . . .
Hangin' in the 'Ham.
Living as I do in Wickersham, it's easy to forget that the rest of the world exists. We have everything here: wilderness adventures, lifetime friendships, homegrown food, endless hours and days of food and fun and family and the never-…
Ride Report: The M.E.D.U.S.A.
Yesterday FarmWife and I enjoyed the first ride in some time! After nearly a month off on account of some no-good, stupid, inconsequential swelling (which never hurt a bit and which all along caused FarmWife far more worry than it ever ca…
Do You Think I Could Fit In There When I Die?
FarmWife rather liked the horse-drawn hearse in Saturday's parade. Wanting, as she does, to be cremated, she shall never have any use of it. Perhaps in another eighty-odd years, when I, Fenway Bartholomule, go to the great meadow in t…
A Quick Update
Update on the free jenny in Lynden, WA . . . she is still available, according to her owner, as her last potential adoption fell through on the home check. Sounds like her person is determined to find her a good, responsible home! See her…
If Walking Skeletons Make You Cry . . .
. . . then don't click without grabbing your tissues! Photo Gallery of Neglected Equines More Details from the HSUS Video
49 emaciated horses, donkeys and mules were seized this weekend from a horse trader in Wayne County, W. VA. I have…
Today's Agenda
Mule:
Bray heartily. Imbibe one scant flake. Walk eight paces to the manure heap. Defecate. Turn on the forehand. Eleven paces, soft right turn. Fourteen paces. Halt at the gate. Paw. Turn on the haunches. Fourteen paces. Enter shed. Vacuu…
Public Notice: Mules May Be Beneficial To Your Health
Mule ownership can have its perks—and who knows? It may extend your life, or at least your appreciation of what years you're allotted. Here, for your edification and enjoyment, are five reasons why a longear a day keeps the doctor awa…
Grandmothers
. . . continued from previous . . . . Judy, 90, about a week before her death. Pictured with the author and daughter D. Elizabeth, center, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Before my mothers there were their mothers, and before them…
What FarmWife Is Singing Today
Today, FarmWife has a busy day of tomato gardening and contract editing ahead. I can't seem to rope her into a long transcribing session, but I was able to hear her singsong nonsense as she made her feeding rounds this morning. I'…
Free Standard Jenny!
Standard Jenny Donkey - $50 (Lynden)
Date: 2010-05-19, 7:59PM PDT Reply to: sale-w4b29-1749915019@craigslist.org [ Errors when replying to ads? ]
Looking for a home for my Donkey - hopefully one with a friend for her to keep her company. She …
Who are these rapscallions?
These bloodsucking flies come out of the swamp and eat me bodily, especially along my chest, girth, and underline and in my majestic ears. They seem to love the taste of DMSO, having come on thickly since my treatment began.
Natural fly r…
Harness Fund Update
On the advice of a friendly reader, I have created this handy graphic for those of you interested in the progress of my harness fund. I'm saving up for a Comfy Fit beta breastcollar-style harness from Chimacum Tack, though tips on alte…
Art Appreciation
Surely you know by now that I am A) interested in becoming a driving mule, B) resting my swollen hock, and C) able to appreciate fine art. FarmWife reads me picture books from the bookmobile when our back issues of Dressage Today and Mule…
My Mothers
You may have noticed my dedication: To my husband, who makes me a better person; to my mule, who makes me a better wife; to my mothers, and to my daughters. I have three daughters, and more mothers than that. My beloved mother—Joan, the rea…
Trust Restored
Dr. Josef Knipp, FEI "I" judge, as quoted in Dressage Today: "If you go to the barn and the horse doesn't nicker to you . . . why do you want to go to a horse show?"
I, Fenway Bartholomule, would add that a bray be…
Not the happiest of times.
First it was raining at a time when it ought to have been sunny, and then my winky started to hurt. Then my hock got big and FarmWife refused to believe that it was all her imagination. Then I got put on a diet, and taken to Dr.—, who tor…
Mules in Need
Free Itty Bitty Donkey in PA Standard Jenny at Voice for Horses Rescu e Free Older In Tact (sic) donkey in NC Free Older Molly in KY Free 3yo Pony Mule Gelding in CA
Please post to my facebook fanpage or email me at fenway@braysofourlives.com w…
IDon'WannaTalkAboudit.
"Dr.— is a very nice man," she says. "You'll like him," she says. "He's going to help you."
Dr.— stabbed me. He drugged me. He washed my mouth out with soap. He stuck things up my butt, messed about w…
On a Serious Note: Dressage for Commoners
R&R for the ol' hock means plenty of leisure time, and in this family leisure means reading. Just this afternoon, FarmWife was reading me some back issues of Dressage Today—formerly the official publication of the U.S.D.F. —and she…
A Wakeup Call, and Leaving the Office
"Can't we just have ONE DAY without sibling rivalry?," I begged. "Just ONE?" It was eight am, I was at the computer composing my mule's thoughts for the day. My quarreling children, awake just one hour, were alr…
Farm Rules for Humans, According to FarmWife
Now I, Fenway Bartholomule, have a reputation for daring, for good sense, for chivalry and dashing good looks. I do not have a reputation for tooting my horn. (In fact, I lack a horn at all and I think that if I had one I would struggle m…
Fenway in a Pickle.
I'm a bit stuck today.
You see, I have committed the crime of disallowing my human access to part of my anatomy. I know that as her beloved charge, her precious ward, I owe FarmWife the privilege of touching me where ever she sees fit…
Raining, Pouring, Fat Goat Snoring.
Well, we have wet weather today. I suppose the grasses can use it, as can the vegetative delectables of all descriptions, but FarmWife is not too happy on account of having planned a walk with the goat.
Jasper Jules has kindly stepped up …
When I Grow Up
When I was eight, I wanted to be a rider and a mother when I grew up. I wanted a little farm, a trusted mount (a 17.1 hand black stallion, please), a trio of children. I wanted a handsome and athletic husband (not to kiss, though—ick!), a…
Sympathy and the Art of Lounging in the Sun
Everyone but me seems to understand the art of luxuriating. My friend Pants the Mule does it. The dog does it. The minimule does it. The goats and the little tigers do it (and how!). Now, with my swollen hock and a couple of weeks of forc…
An Extravaganza of Idioms
Image courtesy 4-H Horse Council. "How to Wrap a Hock." Disclaimer: my hock is not thus wrapped. An update, because a fan asked: I am feeling fit as a fiddle, but my hock is looking and feeling as fat as a whale and as tight as a d…
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
Day six with my new thoroughpin, though I'm still sound as can be and rarin' to go. We have the vet's blessing to resume work, but FarmWife says we're taking another week off. Looks like it's comfrey compresses and a b…
Celebrity Crush
These links to a rising star in the mule world, Grace, were drawn to my attention by a nice COTH reader who thought I might be looking to make a "celebrity connection," if you will. (Wink, wink . . . and yes, mules CAN wink and …
Preschool
Hey there! Little Pigeon, the first baby goat, is going on a very special field trip. There is a small part of me that is jealous, because she is going to hang out at a preschool with human children and I have always wanted to go hang out …
Top Five Ways to Demonstrate Rideability
When you have a new and visually abnormal symptom, but when you're sound and comfortable, there can arise a situation where your human finds you less ready for a ride than, in truth, you are. There may come a day when you feel fit and…
Real Estate
There's trails in them thar hills.
Unfortunately for yours truly, the trails are privately owned by the Trillium corporation, which is suffering some financial difficulties as of late. What was verbal permission, obtained in 2008, has…
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