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Candy Man a/k/a Snickers

She Had Some Horses BY JOY HARJOI. She Had Some Horses She had some horses.She had horses who were bodies of sand.She had horses who were maps drawn of blood.She had horses who were skins of ocean water.She had horses who were the blue air of sky.She had horses who were fur and teeth.She had horses who were clay and would break.She had horses who were splintered red cliff. She had some horses. She had horses with eyes of trains.She had horses with full, brown thighs.She had horses who laughed too much.She had horses who threw rocks at glass houses.She had horses who licked razor blades. She had some horses. She had horses who danced in their mothers' arms.She had horses who thought they were the sun and theirbodies shone and burned like stars.She had horses who waltzed nightly on the moon.She had horses who were much too shy, and kept quietin stalls of their own making. She had some horses. She had horses who liked Creek Stomp Dance songs.She had horses who cried in their beer.She had horses who spit at male queens who madethem afraid of themselves.She had horses who said they weren't afraid.She had horses who lied.She had horses who told the truth, who were strippedbare of their tongues. She had some horses. She had horses who called themselves, "horse."She had horses who called themselves, "spirit," and kepttheir voices secret and to themselves.She had horses who had no names.She had horses who had books of names. She had some horses. She had horses who whispered in the dark, who were afraid to speak.She had horses who screamed out of fear of the silence, whocarried knives to protect themselves from ghosts.She had horses who

By Sporting Road|October 29th, 2020|Categories: Foxhunting, polo, Uncategorized|Comments Off

This Land is Your Land

Get outside and discover it. While the white man did a great injustice to the native peoples of North America, in changing the lay of the land, the one redeeming thing about the current status of land ownership in the US, is the amount of public lands, particularly in western states. Get outside and discover it. Beeches, boats and fancy dinners or what most people think about when they think about a date. In our family, it’s more about prairies, ponies, and sporting adventures down two track roads that lead us back to old friends and the chance to make even more memories. Life is not measured by the breathes we take, but the moments that take our breath away.

By Sporting Road|October 9th, 2020|Categories: Fishing, Uncategorized, Wingshooting|Comments Off

Wim Hof Breathing and Cold Plunge

https://explore.wimhofmethod.com/mini-class-class1-breathing/ You need oppositions; you need negative in life’s movement; you need the whole force. -- Navajo philosophy. The cold is a teacher. It’s merciless. You don’t picnic when you go into the cold. You don’t think about your mortgage or your kid’s braces or your divorce; 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲. You reactivate the deepest part of your brain. Just keep on breathing! ---Wim Hof https://www.youtube.com/embed/RpUkR47dmjU https://youtu.be/2i3gzXKD00I https://youtu.be/akLkcmskdsA https://youtu.be/fLIoSNKaruA Unrelated but interesting story on the benefits of hot springs in reducing blood pressure.

By Sporting Road|October 6th, 2020|Categories: Running, Survival, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Tony Robbins Is My Guru

I have been fascinated by cults. The idea that one man knows all of the answers is appealing to me. Our world is a mess. Old paradigms are breaking down, creating space for new visions. We can let corporations fill those voids, or people can take action. In the early seventies, it was a similar situation. Hundreds of thousands of young people rejected mainstream culture and formed communities to try to create a world they would want to live in. Whether they could sustain themselves or had flawed aspects is not important. The groups' radical idealism and actions to find a better way of living and a deeper understanding of what it means to be human transformed everyone who participated, including communal hippies like Steve Jobs and Stewart Brand. For me, a cult has a charismatic leader who is the point of focus and from whom all relevant ideas, decisions, and rules generate. A community by its nature requires contributions from multiple people and is about strong relationships and a type of egalitarianism. The cult/cult leader mentality (including the cult of personality) feels archaic to me now. But community is everything, and it is stillvvery much alive. Gurus are a funny thing. Any relationship with a teacher should be temporary, as we are each responsible for our own evolution. Seemingly recognizing this, Tony Robbins doesn't want to be anyone's guru, in fact, his whole approach is to demolish the "guru game." His insight is that deep down we all tend to want someone to tell us what to do -- the "sheep and shepherd" approach. But rather than waiting for someone else to save us, waiting for some Mr. Fix-it, something divine, to put things

By Sporting Road|September 9th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

OnX and Garmin Rung My Bell

Your experience afield is incomplete without a pointing dog. And that time afield sometimes turns down right scary when your beloved bird dog cannot be located. Life was easier many years ago, after law school, when I went afield upland hunting with a Swiss cowbell on the leather collar my big ranging Brittany. Until it got not so easy, with a big ranging 2 year old who was slightly out of control running more than a mile out at times in big country. But, even the biggest bell couldn't be heard at that range and if the dog was out sight and out of sound, what to do next other than holler, whistle and wait. Or maybe fire off a shot and see if he returned for the retrieved (which I did in a number of moments of desperation with seemingly great success). Looking back on it, I ordered some really great sounding bells, some of which were very pricey and difficult to find in catalogs. I lost or gave away many of them over the years, but the real challenge was getting the dog accustomed to it, and for that task I had to start with clip on fishing bells or cat bells, so that the dog wouldn't freeze up in my training sessions of leaving the bell on for hours around the house each day. Further, I became convinced that a bell was a hindrance to finding grouse, as the grouse surely heard the bell coming. Someone recently wrote a great article on this over at Project Upland. I've purchased and experimented with all of these over the years, but I pretty much narrowed my preference to these three below... The big 8/0

By Sporting Road|September 2nd, 2020|Categories: Dog Training, Uncategorized, Wingshooting|Comments Off

Walk in Beauty Always

Part of the attitude of the Navajo culture is the concept of Hozro, which is to Live in Beauty, Walk in Beauty Always. Walking in Beauty: Closing Prayer from the Navajo Way Blessing In beauty I walkWith beauty before me I walkWith beauty behind me I walkWith beauty above me I walkWith beauty around me I walkIt has become beauty again Hózhóogo naasháa dooShitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa dooShikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa dooShideigi hózhóogo naasháa dooT’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa dooHózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave meI will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.In beauty all day long may I walk.Through the returning seasons, may I walk.On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.With dew about my feet, may I walk.With beauty before me may I walk.With beauty behind me may I walk.With beauty below me may I walk.With beauty above me may I walk.With beauty all around me may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.My words will be beautiful… Click to hear the prayer spoken in Navajo by Wanye Wilson, a Navajo member. Linguistic Note: The word “Hozho” in Dine’ (roughly translated) Concept of Balance and Beauty. Consideration of the nature of the universe, the world, and man, and the nature of time and

By Sporting Road|August 26th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Pendleton Blankets

This great photo above was on a Perry Null Trading Post newsletter that I received recently. It reminded me of times we have attended native pow wows or corn dances and the locals are wrapped up in Pendleton blankets for warmth, or they use it is a ground covering to sell wares, or folded up as a seating cushion, or countless other uses. Living in the Southwest, we have grown to love our Pendleton blankets and we own quite a few of them now. We love them and particularly, love taking them along on trips for an extra blanket on the couch, a picnic, or to keep warm on an unexpectedly cold outing. Or, we make them into fur coats with lynx or bobcat. And, we take them along for adventures on the sporting road, including pow wows at Kewa Pueblo for the corn dance, or March Denver Pow Wow, Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, the Navajo Rodeo in Gallup or others. In the midwest, Faribault from Minnesota is popular among native peoples as was Hudson Bay in the East, and Woolrich in other places. Poyet Motte from France is probably still the softest heavyweight wool blanket you can buy, but Pendleton is the most durable.

By Sporting Road|August 24th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Scripta- The Game of 12 Inscriptions

Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum – Duodecim Scripta – The Game of Twelve Inscriptions From ancient games.com Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum, or Duodecim Scripta, is an ancient Roman game, which combined elements of luck and strategy. It is somewhat similar to Backgammon, in the fact that each player has 15 pieces, and the pieces stack and move on and off the board in a similar fashion. The name Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum in Latin, means The Game of Twelve Inscriptions, and refers to the fact that many Duodecim Scripta boards had a Latin letter written for each cell, instead of just circles. There is a theory that the reason letters were used and not circles or squares is because the game was used for gambling, which was prohibited during the later years of the Roman empire, and so the writing on the boards was used as an excuse to call them “inscriptions”, instead of gambling devices, thus preventing the users from being arrested and the boards confiscated. I emphasize that this is just a theory, because some of the inscriptions are so specific to gaming and gambling that it is really hard to believe that somehow the inscription would conceal the gambling aspect of the game. The three large rosettes or circles in the center of the boards were markers where the players would put the coins that were being gambled on. https://www.ancientgames.org/ludus-duodecim-scriptorum-duodecim-scripta-the-game-of-twelve-inscriptions/ we are going to try to make a board like this stellar one from https://www.ignitedartsdesign.com/listing/735295503/ludus-duodecim-scriptorum-an-ancient

By Sporting Road|May 24th, 2020|Categories: Games, Uncategorized|Comments Off

The Egyptian Game of Senet

our handmade Senet board, pieces and dice sticks Ancient Games, Senet Senet, originating from ancient Egypt, holds a significant place in the annals of gaming, representing one of the earliest board games known to humanity. Dating back to at least 3100 BCE, this game is prominently featured in Egyptian texts and hieroglyphs, demonstrating its widespread popularity across all societal strata, with players continuously refining its rules. Consisting of a board placed atop a rectangular box, Senet featured etched spaces where players maneuvered their pieces, simulating beliefs regarding the afterlife in Egyptian culture. Some boards even boasted a storage drawer for pieces, adding a touch of practicality to this otherworldly pastime. Surviving versions of Senet, often adorned with intricate designs and vibrant colors, hint at diverse gameplay scenarios, leading archaeologists to speculate about the game's nuances and the strategic maneuvers employed by its players. Yet, despite the wealth of physical evidence, the exact rules and mechanics of Senet remain shrouded in mystery, leaving historians to ponder its gameplay and the experiences of its ancient enthusiasts. Senet is a race game dating back to ancient egyptian times, and it is thought that it may be the ancestor of modern day backgammon (Soubeyrand (1995)). We know of this game today due to discoveries made through the excavation of ancient tombs. The original rules of Senet (The Game of Passing) are unknown. There are no records of the rules ever having been discovered, however many have attempted to reconstruct the rules using knowledge gathered through excavations in which images have been found on ancient tomb walls, as well as through Senet related artifacts. Two of the most well known versions of the games rules have been created by T.

By Sporting Road|May 20th, 2020|Categories: Games, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Royal Game of Ur

The Royal Game of Ur Another daddy daughter project with woodworking and polymer clay to make the oldest board game in the world. And it’s really fun, like backgammon. Alternate NamesThe ancient name of this game is unknown. It is also called the Game of Twenty Squares. No. of Players Probably two. Equipment The Royal Game of Ur board was accompanied by equipment comprising fourteen counters made of shell that are marked differently on either side, seven each of black and white, as well as six tetrahedral (pyramidal) dice, each of which has two of its four points dotted with inlay.Printable Royal Game of Ur BoardHistory The archaeological site of Ur lies in the south of present-day Iraq at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and was once capital of the Sumerian Empire and reputedly the home of the biblical Abraham. Amongst the many archaeological treasures yielded from the site of Ur come some of the oldest game board artifacts known. During excavation of the royal tombs in 1926-7, led by Sir Leonard Woolley in conjunction with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania, four boards were discovered. The ancient Sumerian name of this game is not known, but it is today typically referred to as the Royal Game of Ur. The oldest of these boards has been dated at around 2600 BCE. Some of the rules for this game have been found on a cuneiform tablet dated around 200 BCE. The boards differ greatly in terms of their designs, but all feature the rosettes in the same pattern and some do not contain any design other than the rosettes. This factor leads many game historians to believe that the rosettes are the only detail of the board

By Sporting Road|May 17th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off