Since late September, life has passed by in a blur. Several trips for work have taken time away from my non-work life – the horses in particular. Ailments and injuries have further limited equine-based activities. Head buried in work most of the time, I feel as though I looked down on October 1st, and when … More October, I hardly knew you!
There are two things that should tug at any feeling heart string – a sick child and a sick animal. Not only are they suffering from the discomfort of the ailment, but both share a somewhat confused aspect, as if unsure why they are being punished in this way. Depending upon the age, you can … More The herd falls ill
For a change of pace, we set up an obstacle course this week. It was a combination of things you might see in Working Equitation and Western Trail classes. I worked Coffee on Sunday, interjecting the obstacles here and there. He took them all in stride, with the exception of a pile of logs. On … More Coffee Calls the Shots
If you stay around the horse world for any length of time you will probably hear generalizations about other areas of the horse world. “All Dressage riders have hard hands.” “Western pleasure riders can’t sit anything past a jog.” “Event riders all hate Dressage.” The phrases you’ve heard may differ, but it’s likely that you … More A Tale of Two Barns
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
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
Horse Crazy Once Again 