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Her Name is Lola

Since I posted about blogging last Tuesday [Glaring Omission] and about writing last Wednesday [10 Reasons to Get Paid to Write], I don’t feel up to pontificating today. (!?!) Instead of the end-of-the-month, state-of-the-blog post, here’s a video of my lesson with Lola last week. This was on Tuesday before the show on Saturday. ShowContinue reading “Her Name is Lola”

Text Art: Ashado

Drop shade instruction from Typekit Practice: Using shades for eye-catching emphasis. Nice colors but not my best work. That’s what I get for leaving it to the last minute. I’m all about clever ideas. Disciplined follow-thru? Less me. Jump-offs rather than dressage tests.

Horse Show Today: NeGCHA 2014

Show today. New show for me, so no pictures from last year. After winning or losing with no coherent (to me) reason for the first half of this season, I thought about slowing down the mad dash to compete until I could do something other than come in last. Why invest time & money ifContinue reading “Horse Show Today: NeGCHA 2014”

Foto Friday: Summer Camp Flashback

Happy Hooligan Camp Longacres 1975 (I was 12) Photo by Erin M. More Longacres pics: More Memory Lane. I looked down at my horse even then.

Rodney’s Week: Pool, Pen, & TENS

Minus Saddle Time, or not We have offered to return the saddle that the saddle fitter left on loan [Finding One That Fits]. If I’m just going to sit on him, a bareback pad works fine and carries less baggage. No reason to drag out the whole suit of armor until he can 1) trotContinue reading “Rodney’s Week: Pool, Pen, & TENS”

10 Reasons to Get Paid to Write

Last weekend was the annual seminar for American Horse Publications. I’ve gone in the past [AHP 0,1,2]. Not this year. Too many horse shows to justify the time away :). Not enough magazine work to justify the expense :(. One of my goals for 2014 was to get more paying work [7th Day]. I’ve approachedContinue reading “10 Reasons to Get Paid to Write”

Glaring Omission

Upon trolling the archives for the Sam post [Text Art: SMM], I discovered that in some show reports I omit explicit mention of the horse involved. The name usually comes up in the conversation, but by then I have mentioned the show, the class, and the ribbon. The horse should come before all of these.Continue reading “Glaring Omission”