Art of Falling Part II

I asked a more experienced rider yesterday about falling.  She’d seen me do it the other night and asked about my level of soreness (not much, as it turns out! Just my left hand and left tricep.  I was expecting much worse). When I mentioned how I wanted to talk to people who fall professionally [...]

With the Farrier

Yesterday I held Gabby while she was shod.  I was so glad to be at the barn, I’d missed her so much, and it was so wonderful to stand around with the horse, the farrier, and his assistant and listen to them talk about horse hooves.  Really. It was wonderful.  Honest and I kid not! [...]

To Study the Art of Falling

So does anyone out there have any hints or tips about how to fall?  How do you train your arms to stay close to your body instead of trying to brace with them?  Is it a Martial Arts thing? A Yoga thing? I’ve thought about trying to fall (when no one is around, of course) [...]

It’s OK! I’m fine! Really!

Now I am a real horsewoman because I have fallen off THREE times.  The first time was in 1971 when I was 11, the second was in 2005 when I was 45, and the third was this week at age 46. 
According to barn custom, I owe to the barn in general, so I hope to [...]

Gabby in a Pensive Mood

 
My Gabby.  My big girl. My three-buckets-of-water-a-day-girl.  My big, lovely, big horse whom I almost cannot believe is mine to care for, mine to keep healthy, mine to learn about, mine to know. My horse.  I have a horse.

Just Watching

Today my plan was to go out to the barn and lead Gabby around like a big old dog but once I got there I found an excuse not to do so.  Gabby was out in the pasture with two other horses.  The pasture is accessed through the outdoor sand arena which also had some horses [...]

Cold

Today was too cold to ride.  Leah called me — but my cell phone didn’t take the call and I got her message 3 hours later so I was at the barn anyway.
Leah suggested that we go to the inside ring and just kind of fool around together and for a few minutes I thought [...]

My Startle Reflex

My startle reflex has provide countless minutes of amusement to the kind of mean people in this world who suck.  Folks who don’t suck get the idea after they see me jump out of my skin after they addressed me when I was engrossed in something and then make it a point to give me [...]