Monthly Archives: February 2010
Conditioning ride!
| February 16, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s a sad state indeed when non-horsey people see a dismounted rider and assume something is wrong. Riders – I implore you to dismount and work on your own fitness! It should not be a shocking sight to witness someone dismounted on the trail tailing up an ascent. Panic should not cross the poor […] more
Writing Discipline
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Lately, I’ve had that feeling I imagine any blogger has had, if they’ve blogged long enough. There must be a finite amount of ideas to write about in my particular subject…..when am I going to run out of new stuff to say? Will it be today? tomorrow? next week? There can’t be that much to say […] more
You get what you pay for – sometimes
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Two things happened yesterday 1. My trainer told me it’s time to start working on our stretchy trot! Whoohoo! More than anything I feel like this signifies that I have moved up a level in dressage. Not only do I have 3 decent gaits (and a canter transition that is *almost* there), I get to […] more
Revelation #??
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Revelation: Different horse sports are useful as metaphors for different aspects of life. I realized yesterday that for me, Dressage represents religion and is useful for me to understand and accept the various aspects of religion. I feel this needs additional explanation! I have a feeling this is going to be one of those […] more
Could it be??????
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s Spring!!!!! It’s spring it’s spring it’s SPRING. *ducking to avoid the snowballs hurled at me by more unfortunatly located BB’s (BlogBuddies)* Now, I KNOW next year when I start moping about the awfulness of winter, I’m going to zero sympathy, but I just can’t help myself. What a wonderful day! Driving […] more
Sponging
| February 11, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The How, What, Why, When, Where of Sponging. What: Sponging or scooping water onto the horse. I prefer sponging to scooping. I fell like I can get more water on the horse and really scrub to get the grime and sweat off. It also encourages me to be very hands on the horse, which […] more
Essential Equipment – Part 2
| February 11, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
All of you had really great comments for part 1 of this series and Nicole had great questions I will get to in very near-future post! A slight diversion….if you have time today, please check out this post here. It has some great thoughts on blogging, obscurity, and fame, and how that affects the posts […] more
