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I could be a Rhinestone Cowboy…
This weekend I’m signed up for a Western Dressage Clinic. All you non-horsey folks should stop reading right here, this is going to get technical. I ride English. To be exact, I Event. Eventing is...
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Cross Country Flight
We come through the tangle of mown hay at a controlled three-beat canter. Her head is high, right ear is forward, the left swiveling to catch my whispered counting. I count to remember to breathe....
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NightMare
Many years ago, I sent my daughters and their horses off to summer camp at Road’s End Farm. They had been going for several summers. It was a second home to the kids and I believed a fun diversion...
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Horse Trials
I am sore from head to toe. I didn’t ride the event today. I was back in my comfort zone, groom to a talented young woman I admire. It used to be Han and I who spent too many waking … Continue reading →
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A Green Grass Gallop…
The title was originally stolen from a favorite children’s book of Lex and Hanni. It was an oft requested bedtime story. Today Night and I took a green grass gallop. I don’t think we have been to the...
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The Lesson…
The truth is I didn’t want to take a lesson this Saturday. Regardless of the fact that it was an opportunity to work with one of the top Event riders in the country, Corinne Ashton, I had many...
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Sailing into port…
The bear vs. beehive disaster of Friday almost made for a change of weekend plans. Jodi, my bee mentor, kindly offered to keep the two packages for a week putting me back on track for an out-of-town...
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Left behind?
Children leave lots of things behind when they move out. Stuffed animals Shoes Clothes Toiletries Memories Live animals I rearrange their stuff when I clean (read INFREQUENTLY here). Of the three souls...
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Ripples in the routine…
It was a day unlike any other, though so full of comfortable routines. Up at the crack of dawn to meet at the barn and head out to an equine event. I have done it so … Continue reading →
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A house of cards, signs of the times…
I went searching for a credit card while shopping online tonight. This has become a rare occurrence for me. The old me was such a good customer to high-end, start-up online stores (such as Gilt.com,...
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Zevi’s Gold Bar
Her name is Zevis Gold Bar. I have never called her that and it was only recently when I pulled out her file and looked at her registration that I realized, Zevi was her thoroughbred grandfather and...
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