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Happy Horse

Freshly washed and having a snack. Is there any happier sound than a horse tearing up grass?

My horse shopping hit a patch of despair and skidded into the Slough of Despond. First, there was the theory that sitting on a horse, any horse would stop me from psychically imploding. Thus the idea of a saddeseat lesson. It’s been over 3 weeks since my successful exploratory visits to the barn. The saddleseatContinue reading “Horse Hunt Progress Report #3”

Foto Friday: Younger Days

Why Bother With It?

Been feeling a bit head vs. wall about the blog, the horse, the horse hunt, pretty much everything recently. Not for any sensible reason, just a lack of traction. Whether you believe in judgment day or the eventual entropic heat-death of the universe, asking ‘why bother’ will eventually drown you in your own personal TotalContinue reading “Why Bother With It?”

Change, if not Progress

Day Two of our mysterious activities. Rodney reacted to the previous lesson enough to form an opinion. This time, he was more suspicious beforehand but less jumpy after. He’s learning something. Whether what he is hearing is related to what I am saying remains to be seen. To calmly note how he choses to respond,Continue reading “Change, if not Progress”

Pluses & Minuses

At the risk of turning this blog into Ouroboros endlessly swallowing its tail, I must brag that the haiku from my Rolex pontification [Peregrinatio], has been reposted with a new title by Horse Nation. Snaps again to daily posts from Five Reflections for the inspiration to write a haiku about Eventing. The repost is aContinue reading “Pluses & Minuses”

Back to the Salt Mines

Rodney and I have gone back to … well, work is overstating the case. I be messing with him. Plus, I have started a new exercise. I use an idea previously floated but not developed combined with an approach that wouldn’t work with 99% of horses but might work with him. If it works, IContinue reading “Back to the Salt Mines”