Improvements to the Blog

I think I have all of two readers at this point (if I include my mother) but I felt the need to upgrade this blog a little bit anyway. It's partly because I'm slightly obsessive-compulsive, but also because, as any writer or artist knows, you have to get your stuff looking right, even if it's just to please yourself. No one else in the entire world may ever see your picture/blog/essay/painting, but you still have a terrible itch to make sure it's better than it was. While this blog still isn't put-together enough to satisfy me, here's a list of changes you, dear hypothetical reader, should be aware of:

New Name
'"North Horse" has a satisfyingly alliterative ring to it. It also describes the true focus of this blog more accurately: not saying much about anything and the horse world from the perspective of a  Wisconsinite. "Horse Dreams: My Tevis Journey" was nice and all, but I'm just making too little progress with my riding goals for those to be the blog's main focus (I'd like to blame the holidays, but basically, I'm just lazy). I'll still throw some updates about Annie and I in there, but for now I'm having fun writing snarky stuff, even if this blog is currently basically a diary/daily writing exercise for me.

New Pretty Stuff
Yeah! Some different colors! And a permanent picture! Whoah, this blog is almost legit now.

New Links
You can new check out a few of my favorite equine-related websites under the Archive column. I especially recommend the webcomic "Next Town Over." It's packed full of gorgeous western scenery, steampunk technology, a little magic and of course lots of horses! Including a steampunk/cyborg horse. The art is incredible. The plot is action-packed and interesting. Plus, I know the creator personally-- and not only is she great with horses, she drew these awesome pictures of Annie for me!! Obviously, I'm going to plug her stuff whenever possible. Why are you still here? GO READ IT.

Annie really does have a huge head compared with her body.

Here Annie grazes next to Diamonds, the cyborg gelding in Next Town Over.


(Apologies for the picture quality-- I still don't have a scanner handy, so I had to use my digital camera on these babies. Any blurriness or other flaws are entirely due to my bad photography, not her awesome artistic skills. These are artist trading cards by the way, about the size of your palm in real life.)