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A case for intro rides
| May 8, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
“Look, she’s 24 years old and an Arab. If she keels over on you out there from an aneurysm it’s not your fault and she died happy.” It was meant to reassure my friend heading out for her first endurance-style ride on a horse she had never ridden, in a saddle she had never sat […] more
FB Hart Tournament
| May 3, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you are having trouble reading the panels, clicking on the picture should load a full size image of each page. Here’s a little more information about the FB Hart tournament from a press release that I wrote and submitted to our local newspaper. Because the event has passed, I’ve taken out some of […] more
Happy Fluffy Things
| May 3, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I named this post “Happy Fluffy Things”, sat down to write it, and realized after banging out 900 words that perhaps it wasn’t quite as fluffy as I had thought. But, I’m letting the title ride. (heh heh heh. “ride”) Looks like I get a second chance at *something again. You know Farley? That brown horse […] more
Panic is not a Plan
| April 15, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
There’s this drill (and all variations of it) that I *bleeping* hate that apparently has some value in teaching me to play polo because it’s a favorite of one of the student instructors, who we are going to call “Boss.” Tag on horse back. Sometimes there’s ribbon in the mane of the other person that […] more
The Vetmed Dictionary
| April 5, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
There are words that you think you know the definition for, and then you work in vetmed for a hot second and you realize that actually, when you finally get around to writing that book about veterinary medicine, you are going to have to use a metric ton of asterisks and footnotes so everyone is […] more
Not a gift guide 2022
| March 25, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
This is the latest I’ve ever done of these definitely-not-a-gift-guide. But that’s okay, because since this is definitely not a gift guide, it doesn’t matter that it comes before, during, after, or no where near the holidays. For those of you that may be new to these posts, a few reminders. As always, this isn’t a […] more
The Human Lawn Dart
| March 8, 2023 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
In January I had the worst fall I’ve ever had in over 20 years of riding. The kind of fall we all know is just one back luck ride away, but we all cross our fingers won’t happen at all. It’s taken me a while to figure out how and what I wanted to write […] more
