Jennifer

Some of Life's Joys: a wide-open gallop along Ocean Beach in San Francisco, flying lead changes on cue, a smooth and clean round over fences, a trustworthy shoer, all four shoes on tight for seven weeks, an indoor riding arena, the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, sunsets, launching a ball for Sonja, tug-of-war with Nic Ceausescu, takeoff and landing, classic single-aisle jet airliners, Mather Field's DC-8s, the Museum of Science and Industry's 727, Seattle's Museum of Flight, a fresh tune-up and new Michelins on the Cannondale, a fast and steady cycling paceline, a tailwind, cresting a steep hill, descending at 40 mph on a smooth road, finishing a century ride, morning bike rides with cycling friends, winter, World Cup ski racing, a season pass to Sugar Bowl, Alpine Meadows, or Mt. Rose, the view of Lake Tahoe from the slopes of Homewood, corduroy snow, the ideal wax and tuned edges on the Rossignols, Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Halloween, October, Ms. PacMan, Ming Palace, roller skating, Cal Skate, proofreading and editing, meeting deadlines, recognition from AHP, Gato del Sol and Red, Yahtzee with mom and dad, home movies, childhood books, the Sutter Buttes, Middle Mountain Foundation, eBay, fruit juice, Launchcast, satellite radio, Santa Cruz, the Giant Dipper, Looff carousels in SC and SF, Dentzel carousel at the SF Zoo, Herschell-Spillman carousel at GG Park, H-S carousel at Tilden Park, Coney Island, one Opel to Norway and the other to Ohio, Comstock's Business magazine, Horse & Rider magazine, Ferndale, Trinidad, Pacific Grove, CA Highway 20, Squaw Valley, Sun Valley, Aspen-Snowmass, Beaver Creek, border collies, greyhounds, pet rats, giraffes, tapirs, fossa, Blue Pantry, Brock's, Buckeye Ranch, Kentucky Derby Museum, Bay Meadows, Golden Gate Fields, Santa Anita Park, Hollywood Park, Del Mar, Arlington Park, Gulfstream Park, Churchill Downs, Keeneland... Above, my pet Vinnie and below, the granddad of all Boeing jetliners, the Dash 80. Gone but Not Forgotten: Nut Tree, Coffee Tree, El Ranchero, Ernie's, Toy House, Feather River Mills, The Seedling, The Coral Reef, Hal's Grubstake, Sambo's, Tower Records, Santa's Village, Jet Star, Wild Mouse, Paratrooper, State Theater, Peach Tree Mall, Cooper House, Edgewater Packing Co.'s Herschell-Spillman carousel, snow, ice, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Hughes Airwest, TWA, Pan Am, National Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Western Airlines, Air California, Braniff International, Merlino's, Sacramento Saddlery, Yuba-Sutter Fair horse show, the Opels, the Fiat, the Volkscycle, Fleischhacker pool, West Coast Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, decent televised ski racing coverage, Freakies cereal, Struve Hall, Claremont Riding Academy, Longacres, Hialeah Park, Ponderosa Ranch, the Landmark, Dunes, Sands, and Stardust casinos, the old Aladdin, the Nevada Club, Bishop's Pumpkin Farm, Walnut Woods Stable, Scott Ellis Ice Arena... Above, the 1911 Looff carousel at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, with a special story behind this white horse My beloved DC-8s now carry freight - a lovely example of the Super 70 series against the spectacular background of Hong Kong