Friday, September 22, 2023

The Book Page -- A Holiday / Birthday Gift Suggestion -- September 22, 2023

Locator: 45538BOOKS. 

I know almost nothing about horse-racing. I had a bit of first-hand experience through a distant relative years ago, but in the big scheme of things, I know nothing about the sport.

Our middle granddaughter gave me this book for my birthday last month. I'm finally getting around to reading it.

Lexington: The Extraordinary Life And Turbulent Timmes of America's Legendary Racehorse, Kim Wwickens, c. 2023

Highly recommended for anyone who has a passing interest in horse racing but knows nothing about the sport.

Like all books like this, the bigger story -- the history of horse racing -- is carried on the back of a lesser story, the story of a most-remarkable horse, and perhaps, even more so, the most remarkable man who discovered Darley, renamed him, and the rest is history.

Notes will be added here.

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Orienteering

The three-year-old twins have become quite excited about planning their nature walks. Click to enlarge the top map to see the details of the proposed journey.


 

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A Musical Interlude

This is now Levi's favorite CD:


I never knew Mozart was into Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Speaking of which, the "morning star" today was huge, advancing ahead of the sun as quickly as it could before being overtaken.

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