Dani walked into the barn with a handful of carrots and started handing them out. "Looks like the weather will be pretty decent for a picnic, even if it's still December," said Dani. "Who wants to go for a ride and check out all the newb... Whoa ( Read more... )

Dani had gone between Fandom and her old home in Fremont so often in recent months that she was having trouble remembering where she was waking up before her first cup of coffee. As she stumbled into The Gig, clutching her to-go cup from The Perk and making a note that she really needed to keep coffee in the kitchen of her Fandom home, she noticed ( Read more... )

The horses still hadn't gotten over the screaming sun from a few weeks back, even if the island had moved on. They still weren't willing to leave the barn during daylight hours. Dani resigned herself to another day of having to wait until sundown to get anything done that involved moving horses around. For now, she pulled up her usual seat on a hay ( Read more... )

Dani liked cheese as much as the next person, but there was only so much of the smell that she could take. Halfway through mucking out the first stall, she started feeling nauseous. She just barely managed not to lose her lunch, but there was no way she was going to get through the rest of her chores. She sent the horses out to the paddock, threw ( Read more... )

Dani really would have liked to be a pony. It would have been exhilarating to gallop on her own legs for once, and the strange gravity of this place would have made it memorable. But she still had her arms and legs for now, so Dani was taking advantage of that. She made calls to her suppliers to get extra horse feed delivered, she ordered another ( Read more... )

It wasn't unusual for Dani to get catalogs at The Gig. She did a fair amount of online shopping from work, especially when she had down time between chores and riding lessons. But it was strange to see her ignoring the Keeneland horse sale catalog that arrived with an invitation and a plane ticket to Kentucky. Dani had taken one look at her father' ( Read more... )

Dani had gotten up early and rushed over to The Gig to get the daily chores out of the way. With that accomplished, she changed into her riding apparel (thankfully free of glitter) and started saddling the horses. She wasn't sure how much of the planetoid was suitable for exploration on horseback, but she was going to give it a shot. She'd go alone ( Read more... )

The horses did not want to go outside today. Dani assumed it was because of the heat, so she left the barn doors open for some ventilation. In the meantime, she took her new favorite seat out on the hay bales out front. She was just looking over to see if the hot firefighters were doing anything on their lawn when the skies opened up and Dani found ( Read more... )

It was a nice day. Dani had stripped down to just her riding breeches and a tank top. She sat outside on a hay bale as she polished her brand-new riding boots. And if she had positioned herself so that she could keep an eye on the boys of the Fandom Fire House as checked their hoses, it was just a coincidence ( Read more... )

Dani had spent the weekend exploring the latest destination at the end of the causeway. The moon of Endor had some interesting trails that could accommodate horses, and she couldn't get enough of seeing the walking teddy bears. If she had enough paying customers today, she was planning to lead them on an expedition through the woods.

The Gig was