{"id":1006,"date":"2010-12-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2010-12-05T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T09:00:00","slug":"returning-to-my-booted-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Returning to my Booted Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m not in Oklahoma, where I spent many carefree hours riding my beloved Palamino, Maggie.&nbsp; Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure to stay with a professional colleague who has become a good friend over the years.&nbsp; She owns a horse farm north of Seattle &#8212; in the Arlington, Washington, area.&nbsp; (As in &#8220;Washington State&#8221;, not Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, DC.&nbsp; I know&#8230; so confusing!)<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/TPsGGBf7KwI\/AAAAAAAACqI\/8zQ-C0EAMl4\/s1600\/Lyn3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/TPsGGBf7KwI\/AAAAAAAACqI\/8zQ-C0EAMl4\/s200\/Lyn3.jpg?resize=200%2C192\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This photo shows me with some of my friend&#8217;s horses while I was feeding them.&nbsp; Seems like one of the horses was more interested in my Lucchese cowboy boots than his hay!&nbsp; LOL! <\/p>\n<p>I had meetings last Thursday and Friday in the Seattle area, and another one south of Tacoma on Monday.&nbsp; The weekend was free of meetings.&nbsp; My friend invited me to come stay on her farm on Friday night.&nbsp; What a treat!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/TPsGQxCZU4I\/AAAAAAAACqM\/yBbwGFNoGUg\/s1600\/Lyn1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/TPsGQxCZU4I\/AAAAAAAACqM\/yBbwGFNoGUg\/s200\/Lyn1.jpg?resize=200%2C175\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, I couldn&#8217;t mount one of her Palaminos and ride, as my doc says that I just can&#8217;t chance re-injuring my hernia.&nbsp; Instead, I helped muck out the stalls and feed my friend&#8217;s horses.&nbsp; Then we sat by the fire and talked all day, while I picked her brain for professional advice and counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I came into Seattle and stayed downtown.&nbsp; I had intended to go out with a friend to a leather bar.&nbsp; However, I had to beg off, as I caught a cold on the way out here, and I am not feeling up to staying up late being a bad-a** leather dude in a bar.&nbsp; I was a good boy, and went to bed early.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will spend today (Sunday) doing some touristy stuff with another friend, to the degree I have energy for it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One more meeting looms on Monday, then I get to come home to my beloved partner, family, and friends.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a very productive trip, and I learned a lot.&nbsp; The visit to my friend&#8217;s horse farm was the highlight of my visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:&nbsp; enjoy both business and pleasure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m not in Oklahoma, where I spent many carefree hours riding my beloved Palamino, Maggie.&nbsp; Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure to stay with a professional colleague who has become a good friend over the years.&nbsp; She owns a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1006\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cowboy-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}