I froze but then I thawed (like frozen things do in summer)
| March 15, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yes, yet another post about polo. On Friday I was awarded the horsemanship award at the mini club tournament. The first thing I assumed was that there was some mistake. I had been *given* it because of *reasons* because there was no possible way I actually *earned* it. Around 10p, at a lull at my […] more
Absolutely mental
| March 11, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I can ride a horse. I can even ride horses that are not exactly beginner friendly horses. This has been independently verified by other people. You put a mallet in my hand and poof! I am quickly overwhelmed by everything. What do I mean, “everything?” I mean everything. In a game, on a horse and holding […] more
The mare has opinions
| March 10, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Forget the child…it’s the horse getting older that I can’t get over. Farley is 24 years old. Yes, TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD ? as of this month. The child that lives in my house that is a biped human? Yeah, she’s six now and getting older, taller, and more awesome-er, but that’s to be expected. […] more
Buy Quality
| March 8, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you buy quality, you only cry once. Those would be the wise words of my mother when I was seized with paralyzed indecision over whether to buy a rated you-most-definitely-probably-won’t-die-if-you-fall-off-and-get-run-over-by-eight-horses-while-getting-beat-with-mallets-on-the-way-down helmet. Except…then I forgot that I hadn’t exactly told my husband how much it had cost at the time, just sort of laughed nervously […] more
Running. Again
| March 7, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’ve been running twice….twice…this week. And once I get done working on this post this *morning, I’m going to lace up my shoes and run a third time. That beats any other week in February, January, or December. *this post was started last Friday After Burning River last July, I wrote about how I felt […] more
Polo, simplified
| February 25, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Until you are in a sport, it’s far too easy to simplify it to ridiculousness. We’ve talked about this before. Dressage is more than w/t/c perfect circles. Jumping is more than aiming your horse at the fence and getting a good release of your hands with your bum in the air, and let’s not even […] more
I don’t have words
| February 22, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I feel like I’ve lived a year in the last week. There were a lot of firsts. Friday was my first polo game. It was also my first time playing on grass. Arena and grass are the same and different. Longer checkers (the “periods” of a polo game), more players on the field and the […] more
