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My Saddle Seat Show Schedule

Saddle Seat Wednesday tldr: more logistics. Thrilled to be at the point of having these kinds of problems issues to iron out. My saddle seat schedule can be reduced to 2 words: who knows? Logistics I hope to make my debut with Milton at a show in March [Schedule]. Since I am currently riding inContinue reading “My Saddle Seat Show Schedule”

Milton’s Show Schedule

Shhhhhh! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I am looking at show schedules. Greg brought up an interesting suggestion. Why don’t I take Milton to a little, local, walk-trot dressage test this Spring? Hmmm. I’ve been thinking that it would be ages before I could ever show Milton: lessons, schooling, cross-rails, practice shows, on and on. ButContinue reading “Milton’s Show Schedule”

Rodney as Word Processing Software

Milton is LibreOffice, or Microsoft Word, or any commercially available text program. You want the word “Hello”. You open a file. You type. You get five letters at the top of a page: black, serif, 12 point font, probably Times Roman. Straightforward. Useful for a wide range of activities. Not what you would use toContinue reading “Rodney as Word Processing Software”

Letter Art: Snow 2018

Blog letters modeled by our Fiat [What’s In Your Stocking?]. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management

When the recent cold snap was looming on the horizon, many of my neighbors chose to blanket &/or put up their horses. We chose to do neither. Human behavior toward horses often reflects our values as a species rather than the way the horses see the world [How I Learned to Think Like a Horse].Continue reading “In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management”

Foto Friday: Snow Day Photo Essay

Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Milton Doesn’t Do It All At Once

Driving Thursday Horses can ride and drive on the same day. Saddlebreds do so all the time. We are not currently asking Milton to multi-task. We tried it over the holidays. It did not go well. It was the day Milton walked about with me leaning on one stirrup [I Ride]. He was aContinue reading “Milton Doesn’t Do It All At Once”