Erin

Articles by: Erin

Derry Air

We’ve arrived safely in Dublin and are now waiting for the rest of the tour participants to get in so we can roll out. There

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Weird Hits Primetime

Two of our front page stories from the past week certainly qualify as weird: the Miami-area horse killings and the recent poisoning of 23 California

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Ready to Roll

My bag is checked, the Ryder Report is wrapped, the crew at the office has a stockpile of items to post, and now it’s only

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Jinxed

My apologies to the participants in the Ironman 70.3 Steelhead triathlon in Benton Harbor, Mich., Saturday: it seems I was premature in declaring the weather

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Fine, Soft Days

With about 60 hours to go until I depart for Dublin, there are quite a few tasks still on my to-do list. I need to

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Windfall

[wind-fawl] -noun 1. an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.2. something blown down by the wind, as fruit. Why windfall? Because it

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Drinking Buddies

I’m not drunk–the horse is. That’s what a woman allegedly told police when she was given a disorderly conduct ticket for riding a horse down the

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Of Ponies and Paperbacks

There was some concern in Philadelphia earlier this week when the Emmanuel FrŽmiet statue of Joan of Arc was unceremoniously loaded on a flatbed and

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Mules in Space

I keep finding mules in unexpected places. Like the 40-year anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. Did you know that Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong

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Hard News

Donkey suits are no laughing matter in Azerbaijan, says a recent article from the New York Times. In a move that some say signals a

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Vive La France!

On this date in 1789, Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress/prison, freeing prisoners in an action that become symbolic of the birth of the modern nation.

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Older than Dirt

Elmer Bandit, the 38-year-old competitive trail horse who broke the record for lifetime mileage last year, is one of our favorite examples of a geriatric

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Tribute

A baby donkey in Arberdeen, UK, might be destined for greatness. His handlers are asking to the public to weigh in on whether he should

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Art Appreciation

Decorated horses have graced the streets of many a city since the Trail of Painted Ponies started in Santa Fe. Local artists paint the fiberglass

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N’awlins, Y’all

I’m currently in New Orleans for the annual seminar of American Horse Publications, an industry group for horse magazine people (it’s sort of like AAEP

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A Study in Determination

They say good fences make good neighborsÑso something tells me the fences (at least those bordering one mule’s pasture) aren’t so great in Hulbert, Okla. According

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