A Plateau

This evening, my teacher told me I’d reached a plateau and in this case, it’s a good thing!  I am IMPROVING!!! I’ve gotten vastly better at keeping my leg underneath and still which makes my sitting trot better which improves my 2-point.  2-point looks more like the way a jocky sits; butt up off the [...]

Small Farmer’s Journal

If only for the geat pictures, both photo and old engravings, take a peek at Small Farmer’s Journal.  I bought a copy at our local Border’s because I was drawn to the oversize nature of the publication, the brown kraft paper cover, and the story on horse’s body language. There’s lots of cool stuff in the [...]

Mopey

Mopey is a little old Morgan horse who is teaching me a lot about riding.  He has adorable little hooves and is about 14.3 hands.  He’s very good at bloating so getting the girth tight takes several (several) tries and Leah alway, always always has to tighten it again once I’ve been riding for a [...]

That Horse on “Deadwood”

It’s Monday morning and the theme of HBO’s “Deadwood” is humming along in my head.  “Deadwood” is famously loaded with swearing and blood. It is not everyone’s cup of tea, plus it under-utilizes actor Brad Dourif (my husband’s observation) and the returning troupe of actors who gripe about stuff but never get to act (my observation). But [...]

A Friend Mentions Something About Horses

I was late the other day to a lesson, and so went over to my friend Laurie’s house to pick up my share of our vegetable subscription since I was too late to meet her at the vegetable handoff.  I was all decked out in my riding togs because I loooove having an excuse to [...]

Two days in a row!

 
Wow!  I had class on Monday and on Tuesday this week!  By the time I got to bed last night, I was too tired to sleep!
(Isn’t that weird?  How can one be too tired to sleep?  Yet, this thing is true).
I rode Mopey (the old Morgan with scoliosis, a fear of brooms, cataracts, and a [...]

Rain

So far, two of my lessons have ended due to thunderous downpours.  And they are thunderous.  Storms are bigger out in the country than they are at our home in the ‘burbs. The tilled fields give the viewer a broader look at what’s incoming (big dark clouds) and the trees seem to flail more than the [...]

Legs

Oooo, yesterday we (me n’ Mopey) did some bending, that thing where the horse is going forward but his head is turned into the ring.  It was cool! I’m so glad I took a Yoga class that morning, because I think it helped me to keep my shoulders in the correct alignment.  The Mope-ster responded [...]

Dig my Mood

I had a bad lesson about 3-4 weeks ago.  It wasn’t traumatic or anything, but I got scared and once I get scared, that’s it.  The fear invades my limbs by running in my veins and along every nerve ending until it’s all I can do to avoid the fetal position.  What happened, I guess, is [...]