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appleton king's avatar

came to this momentarily and started reading as an escape outlet from trying to parse out own writing attempt as it turns out ALSO about a film this week ha......but with no humorous intent which makes it both easier and harder....

this has all the stuff i unfairly now expect from you and makes me want to crawl into a dirt packed hole and have someone stomp down on it hard lol

im saving it as a reward

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Christina Johnson's avatar

Nancy Reagan’s “just say no” campaign was to prevent all of us from attempting to pull trains right? I laughed and cried too.

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Joyce Wadler's avatar

Jon, Try harder.

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Jon's avatar

I hate the super bowl, I hate the name "super bowl" I hate the word "super", so sorry, I can't like anything about th

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Gail Forrest's avatar

I want to love this piece but I've been in the horse world too long to know this is close to non-fiction. There are a lot of horses like Hank with the same story: the drugs to cover up lameness, the over use, the lack of care and then dismissal and off to slaughter houses in Mexico etc. Look no further than Belmont Park or Churchill Downs for more of these stories. I am however, glad that Hank has a happy ending in your version! Sorry to rain on this parade .

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Penelope Gruver's avatar

Go, Hank, Go!

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Therry Neilsen-Steinhardt's avatar

Oh Joyce! I laughed, I cried, I thought this was going to be a piece about HERB. Imagine my relief!

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Joyce Wadler's avatar

Herb is addicted only to chocolate.

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Sheila Isenberg's avatar

Loved this one, Joyce!

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