The job has consumed my life. Too many evenings and weekends sacrificed over the last couple of years. The few that were not were used for catching up – either on chores or rest. Couple that with the longest, wettest rainy season in many, many years, and I find myself once again going into summer … More A Thousand Little Things
It was a perfectly fine Sunday. I hadn’t been feeling well for a couple of days, sure that I had contracted a virus – but it never fully materialized, and I was feeling marginally better. Things had finally dried up enough for the farrier to come out and give everyone a trim and reshoe, for … More Paying the price
If you didn’t already know, California has been in a years long drought – 5-6 years, depending upon the source. For at least the past couple of winters, we were promised wet systems that would break our drought. None materialized. So, you can imagine my skepticism when some were making that same promise this year. … More Rain, rain … go away!
I took a much needed sanity break. My inspiration for these posts comes from two main sources – my own little herd and what is going on in the horseworld at large. As the year wound down, I found that I had little time for the former, and little patience for the latter. So, I … More The End of Lofty Goals
Ironically, the day after publishing a remembrance of Dani, on the sixth anniversary of her death, her brother Java died suddenly. For further irony, Java left us at 25 – the same age his sister was when she passed on. We knew the end was coming soon, for Java, and were planning on making that … More Farewell Java
Today Facebook reminded me of a memory. It is not a happy memory, but it is linked with many years of lovely memories. Six years ago, today, I had to say goodbye to my Dani – my ‘first born’ and the best dance partner I’ve ever had. She was twenty five at the time and … More My horses, my teachers – Dani
Horse Crazy Once Again 