Tamera’s Night Farm blog, The Barb Wire, is currently discussing a very thought-provoking series on fitness and nutrition, with the endurance rider in mind. While fitness and nutrition can be challenging enough at home, travelling can be very very tough. As I sit in my hotel room, I thought I would share some tips I’ve […] more

Crysta at Go Diego Go, has given me my first blog award. I’ll keep this short, sweet, and light-hearted as reading through award posts is often tedious and mind-numbing. Here’s the rules ::Recognize your award presenter and link back to their blog in your post.::List 10 honest things about yourself that others might not know.::Present […] more

Whether we consider ourselves introverts, extroverts, or something in between; I believe that relating to other people is part of the human existence. Activities and hobbies can be instant “portal” to interacting with someone in a meaningful way. I think of horses and music as a universal “language” and I think that they, more than […] more

No laughing! At Mariposa in April (see post here), I took pictures from a spot in camp, 360 degrees, with the intention of trying to “stitch” them together in the computer. I finally got around to stitching it together today and this is what I came up with: mmm…..Yes I know it’s small and you […] more

Speaking of dealing with difficult people, I thought this might be an opportunity to promote my sister’s blog. My sister deals with them on a continuous basis and has a different strategy than I. She has recently updated her blog with some real winners. If you would like a bit of a laugh, I recommend […] more

So yesterday’s post had three lessons learned. Shall we review? Lesson 1: When riding with a group of people, (not during a ride), discuss what happens if the group breaks up. Ideally the 2 people in the group that know where they are going are not the ones to break off from the group…. Lesson […] more

I must once again apologize regarding sentence construction and “readability” of a post….My brain isn’t working well lately. I know if I don’t get this post finished and published, the event won’t be fresh in my mind, and then the post will be really stale – so bear with me and I’ll try to do […] more