Open Gates and Inartful Contracts
We have had a record-setting year for rain here in Virginia. And when you have a small horse property on red clay, on the side of a hill, that means MUD. A lot of MUD. The paddock that I use for my two retired horses has two gates. Both gate areas are the muddiest they have ever been despite my remediation efforts, so I alternate gates when turning the retirees in and out. Recently, in an early morning, pre-caffeine haze, I apparently lost...