Oh! is such a wonderful word (at least according to my trainer). According to her, this is the appropriate response when told something by any show official. “Oh!” It’s not a lie, it’s not an admission of guilt, it’s simply an expression that allows the show official to view you as a ditz, but as […] more

Warning – non horsey post. The type of post that I could post if only my blog had an “Etc.” in the title…which is doesn’t which theoretically means I should be able to stay on topic. *sigh*. But sometimes the urge to write is so strong… 36966 feet above the earth, (and according to the […] more

It’s hard for me to believe, but ~9 months after I started to blog (1/30/09), I am now posting my 200th post. I thought I would have run out of things to say by now. I blog because I need to improve my narrative writing. At least that is the reason I obstinately give when […] more

There are two directions I could go with this post. I could either be little miss sunshine and pretend that everything is absolutely hunky dorey and I’m glad for the learning experience yada yada yada….or I could be a snively, whining brat. I’ll try to strike a balance between the two. 🙂 Edited to say: […] more

****Some of the posts you will read in the next couple of days were composed during the picture challenge, so I’ve waited to post them.  Please enjoy! I’ll try to do a post like this anytime I have a boot failure. Last Saturday (10/24/09) I took Farley to Del Valle and did a 22 mile ride.  For […] more

I have a secret. A dark, deep secret. You promise you won’t hate me? I like to win. A lot. This is not a cool thing to admit in endurance. In endurance, “to finish is to win”. Specifically, to finish with a sound, happy horse, ride after ride, is to win. I agree. But I […] more

Well that was interesting. Nine pictures a day is a LOT of pictures. Especially when I’m not doing anything out of the ordinary. After a couple of days I was forced to seek out new locations to shoot (I only have so much patience for interesting pony and kitty pictures). I have a lot of […] more