No wonder Rosina Copper was cheap: the pony almost too weak to walk was much older than first thought, too.
Her history was rich, though, and she blossomed as a show horse under her new trainer. Marion Catherine Barne wrought the true story into book form. On the cover, below an illustration of horse and rider, is the author's shortened name: Kitty Barne.
Now, imagine Ms Barne picking an email address... you know, something like =^..^=@barne.co.uk . Looks interesting, but is it valid?
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The fly on a wall at Lynally in Ireland's midlandian county of Offaly spreads its wings and takes off. A short lap around the monk's egg-shaped head — and the fly lands on the book Saint Colman has been reading.
Patiently, the friendly fly sits in the margin, marking the spot in the book for the saint.
Speaking of books' spots and marks, how about some electronic flies for your Windows Live Hotmail?
›› Open the Windows Live Hotmail message composition page with the recipient's address already filled in via a bookmark or favorite in your browser.

Jerry Lewis played the air typewriter (a right-to-left instrument).
The secretary next door hammered on the real thing, of course, in the 1963 comedy Who's Minding the Store?: left to right and soloing in Leroy Anderson's Typewriter song.
Now — do you feel like Norman Phiffier (Jerry Lewis) sometimes, playing the air keyboard to IncrediMail's typewriting song?
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Some 200 miles (330 km) northeast of Moskva, in a small town of about 5,500, flabby papiermache boxes are dipped into hot linseed oil. They emerge hardened after drying, and receive a coating of black varnish. It's time for the famous painting — showing, mostly, motives from folklore and literature — using tempera based on egg yolk, vinegar and water on a layer of zinc white.
Before a final sealing with lacquer, the Palekh miniatures may receive a quality mark: the firebird.
›› Stationery as fiery as Stravinsky's music. (Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook, Outlook Express)