19th January 2019

Four Mules Mentioned In Mythology

1. The mule of Zhang Guolao Zhang Guolao was one of the Eight Immortals – a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology (xian means an enlightened person, someone who is...

11th January 2019

Fun Facts About Mules

I went to a quiz night a few months ago with a team from work, and was bitterly disappointed when not a single question involved mules – it would, after...

21st December 2018

Team Half-Ass and the End Of Year Round-Up

❤ Another year draws to a close! ❤ The main things that happened in 2018: Marty had some man troubles in March. Ben spent a lot of time working on Xato’s steering...

16th November 2018

Guest Post: Pack Mule 101

This article was originally written for issue 107 of Horsemanship Magazine (Facebook). Casey Hufstader (CH Packstring) is an experienced fifth generation packer from Oregon, USA, who I met along with...

9th November 2018

The Black Mule of Aveluy

A year or so ago, Ben and I were perusing the shops in Brighton when I found a selection of elderly books. I collect antiquarian tomes, and although none of...

26th October 2018

Marty and the Mood Diary

Last week, I had friends visit Wednesday lunchtime. I was surprised by how mellow and friendly Marty was when we arrived – four hours earlier, when I’d done morning chores...

19th October 2018

I want a mule! Now what?

  So you’ve seen the photos, watched the videos, read the exaltations, maybe even met a mule or two in real life – or maybe you’re like me, and you...

5th October 2018

10 Images Of Mules In History

One of my favourite past-times involves combining my love of mules and history, and going in search of the role played by the humble longear in centuries gone by. For...

28th September 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Nine Questions

A couple of weeks ago, a half-assed doodle (in every sense of the word) that I made 15 months ago inexplicably went semi-viral and brought a lot of new people...

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...