board games
i used to play monopoly and scrabble as a kid; loved them both. won the checkers tournament in junior high school. never did learn how to play chess. learned go quite a few years ago and found it fascinating, but never got to play very much -- i'd do that again, though.
One really good idea, or one really bad idea
(don't) hang around with people who make you feel like shit.
hoof care
i've made exactly one contribution to hoof care, i think, which is in the management of canker. i don't debride or use drying agents or stall rest. i pack in black bloodroot salve, cover it with saran wrap, tape over, and put on a light disposable hoof boot; change daily.
stjarni's first canker took several months to resolve, the last took about ten days. much relief!
Autumn
my favorite season in the northwet, for the mushroom hunting. my favorite on the east coast for the foliage. my favorite in iceland for the long dark dawns.
memes
i like 'em :) y'all readers, feel free to play this one!
motivation
mine is mostly sporadic and slow but very persistent, punctuated by periods of a week or a year here and there of obsessive work. it's very hard for other people to motivate me to anything; i'm either into something or i'm not -- my interest can sometimes be piqued, but i don't seem to respond to either threats or bribes.
the ocean
two of the niftiest weeks of my life were spent on a catamaran in the sea of cortez with half a dozen neuroscientists, learning to snorkel, getting stung by minute jellyfish, diving among rays and sea lions and bioluminescent microorganisms. but the beaches in new hampshire are too cold-water for me; they're okay to look at but i feel ripped off. perhaps i need a drysuit :)
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lyonesse
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