One of my goals for 2014 is to get re-energized about writing for money. When the economy tightens, the first thing to go is the freelance budget. It is past time for me to poke my head above ground and see what magazines are left standing. Pictured: horse publications for which I have written inContinue reading “On the Seventh Day of Christmas: 7 Mags a-Payin’”
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On the Sixth Day of Christmas: 6 Grassy Acres
On the Fifth Day of Christmas: 5 Dressage Rings
On the Fourth Day Of Christmas: 4 Custom Shoes
A while back I asked my blacksmith what constituted a good client: Someone with many horses and therefore much business? Someone whose horses have difficult but expensive shoes? Easy but low-paying shoes? Someone whose horses behave? All my horses learn to stand for the blacksmith, load on trailers, ground-tie for grooming, etc. I was hopingContinue reading “On the Fourth Day Of Christmas: 4 Custom Shoes”
On the Third Day of Christmas: 3 Feed Sacks
This is what we feed our 17h, 1300lb horse. A minuscule amount. For comparison, Mathilda is six inches shorter, 300 pounds lighter, and gets twelve times the amount of food (1 cup vs 3 quarts). They both eat three times a day. Rodney is fat. Not just ‘in good flesh’. He sports pokeable pads ofContinue reading “On the Third Day of Christmas: 3 Feed Sacks”
On the Second Day Of Christmas: 2 Talking Steeds
“You hold on with your knees,” said the Horse. “That’s the secret of good riding. Grip my body between your knees as hard as you like; sit straight up, straight as a poker; keep your elbows in.” Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis [HarperCollins 1954] p. 15 Heretofore, my instructors had explicitly told meContinue reading “On the Second Day Of Christmas: 2 Talking Steeds”
On the First Day of Christmas – Rodney in a Red Hat
Merry Christmas to all who observe and Merry Return of the Sun to any Jewish, atheist, or otherwise non-Christmas-celebrating readers.
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