The woman had a lot of interview questions for me when we met—simple questions, like "do you like ear rubs?" and "do you permit yourself to be moved hither and thither in a horse trailer?", but also complex questions li…
Will I get a toothbrush?
There is an equine dentist coming to see me on Monday! I’m told that seeing the dentist is a normal thing for a mule to do, but this will be my first time. I hope I don’t need braces! I’ll let you know how it goes. I hear some dentists giv…
Oven Island
They told me I was moving to an island. I pictured mai tais and sea breezes and delicious grass skirts. I pictured heat. Then, they told me, "no, Gus. It is not that kind of island. On this island there are rocky shores and bunny rabb…
Short, Dark, and Handsome
When I first moved into this boarding barn, people were asking three primary questions: 1) do you understand electric fencing? 2) how long might you stay? 3) will your name stay "Gus"? Now that folks have had a few days to get to…
Mule: 1. Danger String: 0.
The fences here are made of danger string, but I've got it figured out. There's a roan horse beside me, and when he touched the danger string it bit him. Here's where the story gets strange: he backed away, and it did not pursu…
Introducing myself
I am Songbird Sparrowgrass. If that’s not to your taste, you may call me GusBird Boopsnoot. Some call me Gus, or Bird. I am in between families right now, and in between names. I like this new family, and I think I shall stay. I grew up in…
A new face in town
This blog has been through a lot of changes: first it was Fenway's Brays of Our Lives , then it was my Puddle Run , then it was the two of them smashed together, then it was Notes from the Ark , and now it's Brays of Our Lives again, …
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