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We are in the process of renovating our house. Long overdue, going all the way back to when we bought the 1860s-original-with-1980s-additions identity crisis about a dozen years ago. Like good horse fanatics, we renovated the bank barn first and put off doing anything to the house.  We could only put it off for so … Read more

2/2/22. With appreciation for today’s date, did you see the last race at Wolverhampton Tuesday? The Play Coral Racing-Super-Series for Free Handicap going 1 1/6 miles attracted just two horses. Golden Sands at 1/6. Havana Goldrush at 4-1.  A two-horse race, 0-80 handicap…I skipped it. And Thoroughbred racing yet again reminded me to never skip … Read more

Monthly resolutions. That was the plan for this year. Instead of the lofty, mostly unattainable yearly resolutions that fade away, I made a resolution to keep it in check, partly, by regrouping and appraising on the 1st of each month. It’s a take on Tim Ferriss who suggested a pro/con list and a look back … Read more

Frank Whiteley Jr. was born on this day. 1915. Jackie Robinson was born on this day. 1919. That’s all I’ve got for today. Sean is trying to write every day, for more from the Inside Rail, check out the blog’s main page.   

Fourteen degrees. Barn duty.  We didn’t look for antique doors yesterday. Truck unhooked, ready to go, when we got the call. Colic. Call the vet. Take temperature. Banamine. Walk. Watch. Hook up the trailer. More medication. Watch. Tube. Watch. Off to the clinic. So far, so good. Horses.  Watched Life Is Good win the Pegasus. … Read more

Cheltenham. Gulfstream. And everything in between. Read the Saturday Special for a cheat sheet.  A few inches of snow. Feathery, light, peaceful. Nothing dramatic. Horses are loving it.  Watched Double Indemnity last night. The Clancy Film Festival.  Miles practicing piano this morning. Talent show looming. Off to look for antique doors in Front Royal. Did … Read more

Snowing at Laurel. Looming at Aqueduct. Threatening here. It’s gradually, resolutely becoming a long winter.  The first Play of the Day, Eilean Dubh, just missed by a nose in the sixth at Wolverhampton. A solid 3-1 choice, in front, collared late by the favorite. We’ll keep trying.  Miles just got home from school, ran up … Read more

Early morning running does free up the day, staves off that impending dread of an afternoon run, the foe that won’t let go.

Miles went back to school today. He desperately needed to go back to school, aiming/hoping for some normalcy in a time that is anything but normal. The Omicron variant seems to be waning, that’s the good news. It doesn’t seem to be as harsh as the Delta or the original, that’s good news. Will another … Read more

Working from home. Again. Still.  Annie rests her coffee cup on top of my laptop which rests on the ottoman. Miles searches for the banana bread (long gone) from School House Garden. Jeff and his crew measure, saw, hammer, measure, saw, hammer. Classic rock ‘n’ roll in the background, or foreground, depending on if they’re … Read more