I don't know why it's taking me so long to choose the new platform for this blog. Well, that's not entirely true. I get overwhelmed by the choices, am admittedly picky about what I think qualifies as an elegant interface, and then there's the fact that it feels like the time for blogs has come and gone. And yet here I am again, updating, and also platform shopping,

Meanwhile, here's a girl and her horse, more than a few years ago. As I recall, unlike this blog hunt, it took less than a day to decide to buy him. It left me too broke to afford a saddle, and he and I rode without one for the next few months. He didn't seem to mind.