Morgunn's the Man

If you read this blog on any basis, you know that Betty's new horse, Sugar, is the lead mare of our little three-horse herd. When it comes to food, she makes sure Morgunn and Gletta know that she's in charge.

However, this morning I looked out our kitchen window and it looked like Morgunn was 'the man' today - sleeping away - with his lovely mares watching over him.


Dream on, Morgunn!


Today is January 21 and if today is your Birthday then you share your day with: Emma Lee Bunton (singer, Spice Girls), Hakeem Olajuwon (professional basketball player), Geena Davis, (actress, "Earth Girls Are Easy"), Mac Davis (country singer), Placido Domingo (opera singer), Jack Nicklaus (terrific pro golfer), Wolfman Jack (early rock and roll radio DJ), Benny Hill (British comedian), Telly Savalas (actor, "Kojak"), Paul Scofield (actor, "A Man for All Seasons"), and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (Confederate general).

On this day in 1189 Phillip Augustus, King of France, Henry II, King of England, and Fredrick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, begin assembling the troops for the Third Crusade. In 1621 colonists began putting up houses to begin the settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1908 in New York City, the first ``no smoking'' legislation is enacted, barring women from smoking cigarettes in public. Officials feared the air pollution created by cigarette smoke. (however, the measure was vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Junior). In 1954 the first atomic submarine, the USS "Nautilus," was launched at Groton, Connecticut. And in 1976 the supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.