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Dec 16, 2024 | 
midsouthhorsereview.com | Alicia Johnson
Whether you prefer to feed square or round bales, you probably want to make the hay last as long as possible while eliminating waste and keeping your equines from devouring it too quickly, all while maintaining a healthy gut in the horses. A slow hay feeder can be a great tool to ensure you are making the most of your hay. A slow hay feeder is simply a device made of netting or panels that covers the hay and allows your horse to eat more deliberately and therefore, slowly.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
midsouthhorsereview.com | Alicia Johnson
It is a great way to increase muscular endurance, stamina, and riding position in the equestrian world. With cross-training, what were once thought to be discipline-specific riding skills are now reaching across equine disciplines, improving overall riding skills and producing talented, adaptable riders. Many young riders are cross-training across various sports and riding disciplines as well in hopes of becoming well-rounded equestrians and multi-sport athletes.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·FollowPublished inPositano: Ad Occhi Aperti·5 min read·--Maybe 15 years ago, I don’t know, during a New Year’s celebration, Oliver and I were talking about the year ahead. What we wanted.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·FollowPublished inPositano: Ad Occhi Aperti·4 min read·--I had dinner and maybe a little too much wine. There was a jazz trio playing in the garden. The set was uncomfortably brainy for the groove of the place. Sitting among starry-eyed couples, alone, I watched the Tuscan hills fade — a misty terra cotta that slid into twilight, a slippery shade somewhere between blue and black. A powdery, pure hue that I’ve read described in the books in the lounge as Michelangelo’sUltramarine.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·FollowPublished inPositano: Ad Occhi Aperti·10 min read·--This coming back to life is strange. For instance, the way I’m walking is different, I’m not sure how to describe it. I think it’s my shoulders. I’ve carried my shoulders sort of folded in on myself, hunched forward for so long, and now they’re more rolled back. I’m probably exaggerating, but feeling myself curl in and tense up in the car as I left Positano was a loud alarm: I’m nervous. Scared to death, actually.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·FollowPublished inPositano: Ad Occhi Aperti·8 min read·--My last day at the tower has been curious. Beautiful and heartbreaking. I’m alive. I think it hurts more to be alive. Dull was actually a little more comfortable. I don’t necessarily think there’s a grand scorekeeper or anything like that, but I do think that the joy and beauty you have access to is, in some way, equal to your courage. I’ve accomplished part of what I set out to do. I died. I’m reborn. Now what?
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alicia Johnson |Amanda T. Quan |Jessica Thomas
[co-author: Leah Shepherd]The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case in which a female heterosexual employee claimed an Ohio state agency discriminated against her in favor of employees who identify as LGBTQ+. The case, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, may shed light on what constitutes illegal bias against a majority group.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·FollowPublished inPositano: Ad Occhi Aperti·15 min read·--I’m late. I have tried on seven shirts, two skirts, leggings, a dress that I can’t believe I ever bought, and I’m standing here in my bra and underwear when it occurs to me that it doesn’t matter. How I look doesn’t matter. I put on my terrace slip, a simple little dress that’s as soft as the sky, with a pair of capri leggings that feel like the suede of Münir’s hands. I’m headed into public more naked than I have ever been.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·FollowPublished inPositano: Ad Occhi Aperti·5 min read·--As I climbed the hill for dinner, I tried on the idea of having died. What changes? What do I leave behind, what carries on? Münir was waiting for me. He’s tanned and handsome, a lion in the setting sun. I tried to shake off the truth of the last days, but as I walked toward him I thought about meeting his family and friends last week, after the wedding. I had felt so lost watching he and Sophia hold court over that table.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
ajonbrand.medium.com | Alicia Johnson
Alicia Johnson·Follow7 min read·--This week has been crazy fast, and dreamy slow. Over the last couple of years, I’ve become accustomed to my life moving slowly. Not in a glorious, slow food sort of way — more of a trudge-through type of affair. Long before the eye thing started, I couldn’t wait for things to be over. I hoped for things to be canceled. I thought about how nice it would be to just die. I wouldn’t actually kill myself, but I often wondered, what if something happened and I just died?
