Horses and the workplace
Over the last year or so, I’ve found that my sport no longer has a place to be discussed at work. It’s not that I’m not proud, or less involved, or even doing less. My coworkers and management team seem … Continue reading →
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Pandemic and ponies
As with everyone else these days, life is weird. I am grateful to still be employed in a company that continues to do well and for whom I can work remotely. But. For varying reasons, I have spent two months … Continue reading →
January 2020: Goals
In an effort to keep myself accountable, here we go. Polly Ride at least once. Ground drive at least once. Practice standing still and chilling at the tie rail. Stretch goal: hobble training? Confetti Ride at least two days of … Continue reading →
Ten years
Spring break 2010: I wanted to ride again. To make this happen, I needed a car. I started browsing around, as one does, running totally blind, and stumbled upon an inexpensive, moderately low-mileage Prius on Ebay. I asked my parents … Continue reading →
Young horse, gold star
We are still under 10 rides in total, mostly in the round pen. Polly turned three this summer, our riding partner is not crossing the river comfortably. It’s not the summer I thought we’d have, but it’ll do. Polly now … Continue reading →
Two steps forward, one step back
Fetti is doing much better after her hock injections. We’ve ponied into the park several times, both across the river and trailering in. One on occasion we moseyed into the river with a friend on a bit of a whim, … Continue reading →
Crooked
Fetti and I are good partners. We understand the other’s crookedness and deal with it fairly well. It’s not something I’m super aware of. Then I put a beginner on her this weekend. He nearly rolled the saddle sideways. Hmmm. … Continue reading →
Polly goes to the park
With Friends! Polly has not been going along on our park rides. To get there, we’ve had to go down the highway on a narrow shoulder. I am not comfortable walking two horses down that! But the highway walk is … Continue reading →
Twenty-three
Confetti turned 23 yesterday. She has arthritis in her hocks and we’re both fairly out of shape, but we continue both our evening moseying around the barn and our weekend redwood rides. I suspect her brain needs a few “conditioning” … Continue reading →
Spring ride
During the winter, the dam goes up, and the river cannot be safely crossed. Our trail access then involves walking down the shoulder of a rural, one-lane-each-direction highway with traffic zooming by and not always respecting equine space. In previous … Continue reading →