As always, performance showers and tack/doll makers, feel free to use any of my photos for documentation! (Please send me photos of any model sized setups!)

It’s been a minute since I’ve been to a horse show.

I’m lucky enough to live maybe ten minutes from Twin Brooks Horse Showing Association where various horse shows are held from spring to the beginning of fall. I’ve wanted to see a ranch horse show since learning about them, so I ventured out to watch the East Coast Ranch Riding Association show a few weeks ago. I didn’t arrive early enough to see the halter classes, but I was able to watch some of the pleasure, trail, and ranch riding classes.

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Most of the bookstores we visited on the trip were independent, or bookstores that don’t belong to a chain. There are a few chain bookstores in the US—Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, 2nd And Charles, and Half Price Books. The first three are all found within 30 minutes of my house. Pittsburgh has two Half Price Books so we stopped at both. We had to!

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In the evening after our bookstore Pittsburgh stop, we bought tickets to see the Pittsburgh Zoo Asian Lantern Festival. I was excited to see this–a few years ago Sam and I had gone to a sky lantern festival. The last time I went was in 2019–and during the day.

On the drive to the zoo, there was a beautiful rainbow.

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In March, I read or listened to a few books. Here they are!

It was an audiobook-heavy month. It isn’t because of a lack of physical books *stares at the mountain of books that will one day crush me.* I listen to books through Libro.fm. They’re fantastic and I’ve loved watching the company grow since its inception. They’re a nice alternative to Audible because you can choose an indie bookstore to receive a portion of your sales. They give me access to a select number each month, so they’re a fantastic company to partner with! Libraries are also a fantastic way to listen to audiobooks too.

New Reads

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