Mulography

23rd August 2019

Xato and the Liberty Session

A guest post this week from Ben, about a ‘liberty’ session he did with Xato recently (I put liberty in quotes because it’s not the polished display you might associate...

18th August 2019

British Mules in the News, vol. 2

This may seem like a much shorter time frame than in Volume One, but there are a great deal more mentions to sort through in the 19th century section of the...

9th August 2019

15 Mule Superstitions

The following are some of the interesting, strange, and downright wacky superstitions that I’ve come across about mules. 1. Romani people found the mule with the longest ears and asked...

3rd August 2019

Team Half-Ass and a Farewell to Iris

We said goodbye to Iris on Tuesday. The story has played out over Facebook but I haven’t written about it here, so this will be a very long one. If...

26th July 2019

The FEI proposed rule change on allowing mules to compete

You are probably aware of this proposed rule change by now, but if not: the first draft of changes to the FEI general regulations for 2020 suggests altering their wording,...

19th July 2019

Mules in Antarctica

In 1910, Captain Robert Scott began his second and final expedition to the Antarctic on the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. His use of horses and dogs is well known, but...

14th July 2019

British Mules in the News, Vol. 1

Another collection of historical mule stories from the UK. I have endeavoured to reproduce the text as faithfully as possible, including the odd way of capitalising random words and the...

6th July 2019

Marty and the Standing Stone

When Ben and I got married two years ago, we had leather bracelets made instead of rings. I have Reynaud’s and can’t wear anything constricting on my fingers as they...

22nd June 2019

Team Half-Ass and the Day In The Life

I didn’t do a blog post last week as I was very busy and drawing a blank when it came to potential topics. This week was no better, but partway...

7th June 2019

Mules In The News, Worldwide, Vol. 1

While collating my Welsh mules in the news post back in February, I came across various stories about mules abroad as well – usually related to wartime efforts and not,...