Virtual Brush Box

Good Things

I was named a finalist by American Horse Publications for my story, “Finding Safe Harbor”, about eventing a pony (pictured here), published in Horse Illustrated May 2012. I have a slew of recent horse show ribbons hanging on my wall. Yes, my office has the design aesthetic of a horse-crazy 12-year-old. Today is my 25thContinue reading “Good Things”

The Nature of Milestones: Nearing 500

I hit my 500th post soon, May 11th if my math is correct. I was excited about 100 and relieved to reach a year. However, 500 feels like an arbitrary collection of digits. I could be equally excited about the progressive symmetry of 468. Or 343 as a palindromic cube. Some numbers matter The differenceContinue reading “The Nature of Milestones: Nearing 500”

Kentucky Memories

Another Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event has come and gone without me. Am I sorry? Of course, but not as much as I thought I would be. From 1998 to 2010, I went to Lexington for the week to work, to write, to run about. It was always a blast. Then life changed and it seemedContinue reading “Kentucky Memories”

Inspiration Is Everywhere

“Mushroom hunting is not simply a matter of traipsing through the woods after it rains. It is an art, a skill, a meditation, a process.” Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms by Eugenia Bone [Rodale 2011] page xv. Quoting David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified:A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi. Riding correctlyContinue reading “Inspiration Is Everywhere”

WCOW

Previous Horse hated cows. Cows across the street. We used to trot up & down our long driveway for conditioning hacks. The only thing that made him more nervous than the cows across the street was the empty field where the cows had been on the last pass. Which way did they go? Which wayContinue reading “WCOW”

Foto Friday: Lady

For this week’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Flowers and Wildflowers. There was a lovely moment of a black horse amid the yellow flowers. Given Mathilda’s camera phobia, I couldn’t take the picture.

Days Past

I’m feeling lazy, so here’s one from the archives. Sadat Avenel Farm Fall Show October 21, 1978 Maiden Equitation