
The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
Walnut Creek, California
Joined myLot 7 years ago
I am a native Midwesterner living in California. I am a psychologist by trade, but my main passions are music and things that make music.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
59m

I should draw up a contact with myself. If I worked on my book as much a I do writing posts on MyLot, said book would be done in a few months.
This morning I did a post about a jerk driver who bothered me slightly a couple of...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h

As you know, I kind of live in my own private Iowa. I am generally nice to people, I let other drivers in in traffic, and I wave thanks when folks let me in in traffic.
Yesterday morning, as I was driving to my liquor store to...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
22h

It is a day for celebration for The Horse. Not because it is July 4, but because my checks were not stolen from the mail.
I can now pay bills, pay my rent, and do other things that Americans are supposed to be able to do.
Yes,...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jul

I see both clouds and blue sky outside. The air on my feet is not cold. I just checked, and it's supposed to hit 80 F today.
As is often the case, my back hurts like hell. But when I swim, it tends to feel better. I hope I can...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Jul

Not just because my dishes needed washing, but because it is a soothing sound to me.
I practiced some Miles Davis (piano) and Guns 'n Roses (guitar) today but mostly just lazed around. I never really found my mojo.
I did get...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Jul

I have the day off and would love to go to the pool today.
Unfortunately, it's cloudy and in the 50s F right now--a quintessential dreary day.
Kitty is asleep on my shorts, enjoying the aromas therefrom.
I think I'll just...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jul

You know that I am a Ph.D. psychologist, and that one of my specialties is conflict resolution.
You also know that there's a guy out there who shouts the night away. There's an internal logic to what he shouts, but he's...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jul

I have written before about my young friend Jackie. She is "language-delayed" and was even branded as "possibly autistic" by someone--I don't know who--who interacted with her.
Yesterday, or the day before, I mentioned how she...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Jul

I can't believe it! Is Russia's war failing? Is Biden opening up pipelines? Are the Gods working overtime?
Gas prices were up to $6.29 here in the Eastern suburbs of the Bay Area. Now they're down to $6.17
Up in Montana they're...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Jul

One of the nice things about my house here is that I've rarely or never had to deal with ants.
But the other day Kitty's dry food was teeming with ants.
She was confused.
I defied my own tendency not to kill anything and...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jun

I had one piece of leftover sushi for breakfast this morning. Then I ate a half a toaster waffle at the preschool that the kids didn't eat.
For lunch I'm having another piece of sushi and a frozen spring roll.
My photo is yet...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jun

I am transfixed by her nipple. I can't remember what they're selling, but I slow down to look at her nipple every time.
OK, it's not a nipple. It's a pendant, if that's the right word, with a soft lens. But it still has me...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jun

Nicole is a new "best friend" in the toddler room at my friend's preschool. She is 30-months old. One of our "things" together is fixing torn pages in books. I get the Scotch tape, and she helps me press down the tape as we fix...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jun

I have my long pants on now (no shorts allowed) and am off to Guitar Center. I have ten students today, so it will be a long one. I hope I remember to put on my shirt. Feel free to ask.
My language-delayed kid and my new "best...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jun

Today is Tuesday. I work at my friend's preschool in the morning and then teach until 8 PM at Guitar Center this afternoon.
My language-challenged kid is trying to say my name! I think she also said "milk" yesterday. I'll write...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jun

I do not write about it here much, as I know that most MyLotters are not into sports.
But I have enjoyed playing baseball and softball for most of my life. I would say it was a major part of my "identity" when I was younger.
But...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Jun

The "longest day of the year" has passed up here in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's time to gather our nuts and bury them for Winter.
For humans, that means getting rich on MyLot.
I was out of town for a few days. but I'm...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Jun

Kitty just came in, demanded a purr fest, and settled in at my feet, with her tail wrapped around my left leg.
The Guitar Center festivities went well, with many applause, and parents proudly clicking photos (and probably...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Jun

My guitar (and piano) student Anabella will be performing with me today at Guitar Center. She is 8-years-old. I told her she could make up the set list. I think we will do Mary Had a Little Lamb, Smoke on the Water, Roundabout by...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (155634)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Jun

I just sold a pair of vintage loudspeakers. They are called Acoustic Research AR2axs. They came to me for free because a friend of a friend had passed away. I restored the walnut cabinets, tested them, and declared them working...
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