The comment was made yesterday that one of the horses at the barn, a former racehorse, was about as off-the-track as you could get. The big guy in question, Ghost, is a beautiful dapple-gray fellow. I just love dapples. They’re so . . . dappley. I don’t know how much scratch Ghost earned or where [...]
Today in the group lesson, Leah told me that she wanted me to get sore muscles in my upper abdomen. This is, for me, a little like the posting without stirrups conundrum — what on earth muscles am I working? How on earth do I do that?
So far, all I’ve figured out is how to [...]
Father forgive me; it’s been two weeks since my last lesson. Anguish! But it was for a good cause; I was out of town, working again, earning $. Similar gig to the one in Colorado in March, but this time in Carlsbad, California. No riding stable at the end of the ordeal, however. Bummer. Went [...]
OMG! The utter cuteness of I Can Has Cheezburger? has ruined my life — in a good way.
Never saw it before. Never saw the use for it. Heck, never knew it existed. But they do, especially if they’re been hunting a stinging or biting insect and the score is Sam the Cat: 0, Stinging/Biting Insect: 1.
Sammy was batting away at something that flew yesterday. He was dancing around on his back legs [...]
The New Yorker ran a piece in the Talk of the Town section about what is perhaps the last horse to be ridden on the bridle path in Central Park. You can read what Mr. Angell, himself a perfect New Yorker, has to say here. As a side note, I’m very glad that the New Yorker [...]
And then I come home from a wonderful lesson and I am filled with love, a love that pushes out silly things like concern over money or worries over retirement (I’m never retiring anyway so Ha ha ha!!! I find myself thinking about retirement and money almost all the time these days because I’m doing [...]
I can’t find the clicker, the cats are overweight, and it costs a lot of money to lease a horse and to take lessons. Sometimes I feel so guilty about the $ that I nearly can’t hardly stand it and I have conversations with myself about giving it up because of the cost. We could [...]
I just started clicker training with one of our cats and I’m optimistic. We’re at the very basic step at the moment - the cat (when hungry) is given a treat and a “click” at the same time. And this morning, I had an opportunity to test.
Both cats, Sophie and Sam, run outside for a [...]
