No one could really call me a sports fan (Gig ’em, Aggies!), and certainly this blog about Spring Creek Basin’s mustangs isn’t the place you would think to read about the collegiate football national championship game.
But the Ohio State Buckeyes are playing Notre Dame (what are they? The Fighting Irish?), and my folks not only are from Ohio, my dad is an Ohio State Buckeye. 🙂
Have you wondered why Buckeye is named Buckeye? It’s not because he was born buckskin (though that would have been a good guess). It’s because he was born a couple of days before my mom’s birthday, and she named him when he was a baby!
So we’ll be rooting for the Buckeyes – of course! Go, Buckeyes!
Also celebrated today: the life of Martin Luther King Jr. According to Brittanica, “The day commemorates the life and work of Dr. King, who was a Baptist minister and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. People are encouraged to use the day to ‘reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by Dr. King.’”
Be kind to each other, and remember, we’re all on this planet together.
And for the incoming president, a hope from the last lines of Irish poet John O’Donahue’s poem, “For One Who Holds Power,” which I read recently:
“May integrity of soul be your first ideal.
The source that will guide and bless your work.“
(In polar news: Yesterday’s high temp in Disappointment Valley was about 28F. Not frigid, but it definitely was not warm. Buckeye and his family were able to find liquid water in the hoofprints through the ice layer in the bottom of the Spring Creek arroyo, so with that and their winter grazing, they’re not too bothered by the polar vortex.)
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Today is a momentous day on many fronts! I am a football fan so looking forward to tonight’s game. 😀 But the best part of the day is seeing handsome Mr. Buckeye again and learning that your mom named him, TJ. Cool.
I “keep up” with sports only because I have a very good friend who has her favorite baseball and football (and even basketball) teams. 🙂 I hadn’t seen Buckeye and his family for a little while, so I’m glad they made an appearance before the big game!
I haven’t been paying too much attention to football since my husband’s passing ( big 49ers, and Bulldogs fan) (Fresno State) and he always enjoyed the collegiate National Championship games also.
Your mom chose a good name, it fits. ❤️ . I like finding out what inspired the names of the mustangs.
I love that poem. All of our leaders should aspire to those words.
I’m sure all the games since have been much less important since your husband’s passing. … Maybe I’ll start doing little blurbs about the background of the horses’ names if I think about it. That’s a good idea. 🙂
Buckeye is well named!
Ha – and you a Michiganer! 🙂 Isn’t it Michigan with whom Ohio State has a big rivalry?? I have very good friends who went to the University of Michigan – met there, in fact. The husband and my dad were – wait for it – born in the same hospital in Ohio, just a few years apart! I believe Michigan pulled off a win against Ohio State last fall (?). … Isn’t it crazy that Ohio State made it to the championship game?!