Virtual Brush Box

Joyous Toy Season

As a kid, my equine toys were several model horses and a metal truck/trailer set. I was more into stuffed animals. Lots and lots of stuffed animals. The number of animals in my house now is not a surprise to anyone. What were your childhood horse toys?

Ringcraft

In my saddle-seat lessons, we have been working on show ring strategy. This is not a skill about which I have had to obsess in the past: In Eventing, the flat work (the dressage test) is a necessary evil to be survived before being allowed out on cross-country. In Hunters, the flat class is anContinue reading “Ringcraft”

Foto Friday: Equine Photo Blogging

Remembering Etta

A year ago today, the world lost a wonderful person and I lost a dear friend. Etta was fierce in her defense of her students, be they riding or academic. There were times that she got her students through dressage tests and around courses on willpower alone. She never let anyone, particularly the students themselves,Continue reading “Remembering Etta”

Literary Midwives

(The November end-of-the-month* post on writing & blogging.) I would like to end National Gratitude Month with a shout out to the members of my writing group. They have been with the blog from the beginning. Obviously, they were better able to help editing the monthly posts [Back to Eventing, BtRiding]. Although I had toContinue reading “Literary Midwives”

Other Writing: USDF Connection November 2012

“Behind the Scenes: Brian O’Connor” November 2012 USDF Connection United States Dressage Federation A short interview with a horse show announcer, owner of Speakeasy Ltd.

Cyber Monday: Brushes, Britches, & Books

Television will be the death of movies! The Internet will be the death of bookstores! Yet bookstores and movie theaters are still full on Saturday nights. I have a nasty Amazon habit, yet I still go brick & mortar to pat the books. Similarly, online ordering will never replace a knowledgeable tack store or feedContinue reading “Cyber Monday: Brushes, Britches, & Books”