Avoiding Ruffled Feathers?

Jill kept thinking of the musician who gave his demo tape to a more established artist and was told "You should have given this to me a long time ago," before being asked to join the band.  The act she was watching right then was inspirational too, in that they were great in that way of being barely able to play and just hanging on, each injecting their own thing into it...

Her father said he chickened out on the adventure. And she could relate.  She still hadn't sent her aunt the Tanya Davis CD gift she'd intended for Christmas.  It was meant to be mailed with a letter about how track 6 "Don't Bury Me" resonated so strongly after the death of Jill's gramma.

In a way she wanted to find a nice farm home for the black kitty, who she wasn't sure was consistent in using the litter box... Maybe being eaten by coyotes isn't SUCH a bad way to go?  She wasn't taking him to the humane society, that's for sure.  She was haunted by the article about the new regulations for daily care and euthanasia imposed by the city, after the tender for services had been open for SOOOOO long and then renewed.

Roomie said "If you're going to go into the water, please make sure your bug spray and/or sunscreen are non-toxic and river-friendly."  Jill was learning a great deal about Environmental Illness and the environment.

She was glad for all training in electric fencing.  When would she publish the article?

"For my next education in the horse world," she announced to her companion, "I want to become a certified farrier."  Not to make a living at it in the world, but just to inform her research and in order to take care of the feet of her own "personal" ponies.

Meanwhile, what she was actually working on was a conditioning schedule for horse and rider.  Including goals, plans for season, breed, age, requirements, the pre-requesites for each discipline, including the championships...   Jill always believed there are only so many jumps in a horse, and wanted to make sure her training plans emphasized impact, not repetition, and respected the horse as one of the athletes.