Michael Blowen is an optimist. Michael may well be “Why not?”. within notoriously crazy newspaper
Here’s how you can tell — he start- deadlines wasn’t a big enough rush
ed up a sanctuary for some of the As a newspaperman, film critic for for him. Well, he did. And like all good
most difficult of all horses to house: the Boston Globe, Michael and his players be bought-in lock stock and
thoroughbred stallions. Seasoned wife Diane, also a gifted writer, were two smoking barrels, eventually own-
thoroughbred stallions, if you know happy to exit their eastern urban life ing and running some of his own. I
what I mean. when an attractive retirement pack- told you, optimist.
age floated their way. They hopped
Here’s a fun fact, when he got going aboard and with a personal appre- Unlike so many in the game, though,
on this Old Friends project of his, he ciation for just how unretired the re- Michael started to really love his
wouldn’t have called himself a horse- cently retired can feel jumped head horses. Not just when they pranced
man. And horsemen were calling first into this dream to help these into the winner’s circle — but even
him crazy. But here’s the thing, those horses. when they were gobbling up pricey
details didn’t figure into his plan to hay and grain in their stalls he was
re-home these tricky dudes. They moved to Kentucky. Horse footing the bills on under the stew-
country, Kentucky. Through his con- ardship of trainers and grooms his
I guess he reckoned there was a nections from within flat racing’s in- money helped support. Then he be-
need. It wasn’t being directly ad- ner sanctum — did I forget to tell gan wondering what their futures
dressed compassionately by anyone you Michael, the office-bound news were like.
else so, being an optimist he weighed guy, developed a taste for the ponies?
his odds and must have decided he Yes, apparently sticking his neck out
had just as good a chance as anyone with periodic opinions on perceived
else to make it work. Help, he knew public property (movies and the like)
he could hire. Resources too — be-
cause I think a personal mantra for
Michael Blowen
The Optimist at
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