Mulography

21st September 2018

Marty and the Baby Photos

Once there was a dark, stormy night in spring, when, deep down in their holes, the wombats knew not to come out, when the possums stayed quiet in their hollow...

14th September 2018

Xato and the Reason I Got Scared

If you’re a regular to the blog, you’re probably aware that I have a plethora of Not My Proudest Moments; an awareness aided by my oddly masochistic compulsion to share...

7th September 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Birthday Weekend

I turned 32 on Monday (not 33. I spent the entire day thinking I’d turned 33 until Ben mentioned my actual age that evening; I thought he’d forgotten how old...

31st August 2018

Maultiertreffen 2018

  Mules have introduced me to a lot of cool new experiences; from work opportunities like the magazine, to awesome adventures such as the International Pack Animal Meeting (or Säumertreffen) which...

17th August 2018

Mules in the Assyrian Empire

A couple of months ago, a friend of mine shared some photos that she had taken during a visit to the British Museum in London. A large stone relief in...

10th August 2018

My Top Ten Quotes from Frontier Army Sketches

I recently stumbled across a collection of essays entitled “Frontier Army Life”, by James Steele. Steele was a Civil War veteran and some of his literature may be considered problematic...

27th July 2018

Advice for New Mule Owners

On a couple of occasions lately, I’ve found myself wishing I had a single page of advice to direct new mule owners to; all the Mule Tales have specific newcomer...

20th July 2018

Xato and the Joe Wolter clinic, part three

Xato and the Joe Wolter Clinic Part Three: Three Things I Learnt By Riding With Joe Back in April 2017, Ben and I took our Practical Animals (aka Iris and...

13th July 2018

Mule Tale: Cocoa

Mules have great longevity, as shown here by Kelsey’s adorable forty-six-year-old boy, Cocoa! Isn’t that a fantastic age to have reached? Cocoa lives in America, and I asked Kelsey to...

7th July 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Track System Update

The last time I wrote about our track system attempts was back in May last year. Towards the end of the year I abandoned the track idea because it was...