View from the North 40: Just another soul-sucking adventure

A modern expression warns that “a boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into.” I like that and the format applies to many of our specialty splurges.

A monster truck is a hole in the mud you throw money into.

See what I did there?

A craft room full of fabric is a hole in a quilt you sew money into.

There I added a new twist. But truth is truth and found even in my own hobby.

A horse is a hole in a corral you throw money into.

But this is not the whole truth. Not for me and that elite tier of horse people who — and I don’t mean to brag here — continually invest their emotions into the...