My e-mail inbox reached proportions of what some would consider unmanageable before I made the decision to clean house. Unsubscribing to newsletters I wasn’t reading and deleting those I, at one time thought were important. Moving the ‘keepers’ to files for future ease of finding. My task each day is now easy. My inbox is being managed and I am reading what I actually want to see, and more importantly, what am interested in. ​

Sacha Black has definitely thrown down the gauntlet with Writespiration 2017. Over 52 weeks, there will be 52 challenges. The result of each week's prompt is to create a story in 52 words - no more, no less.  The brain has been diverted to scramble mode. 

This week's prompt required the use of the phrase "the timer started". Thoughts of everything from writing test papers, baking a cake and other wacky topics finally had me wander down the trail of comfort. Well, comfortable until my word count hit the magic number and I didn't feel like I was quite done.

Cattle penning is a competitive equine sport that requires the skill of three mounted riders to attain the goal of sorting three cows, with the same number, from a herd of thirty, and put them into a pen at the other end of the arena, in the least amount of time, and under the designated time limit. 

Participating is exciting. Spectating, has been likened to watching paint dry, if you don't know the rules or the players.