Rodney wants to know where all the love has gone. Healthy siblings of chronically ill children are sometime known as shadow children*. All the attention and energy is focused on the sick one. While I do not support the child-substitute idiom, Rodney definitely feels marginalized. On Saturday evening, when Mathilda’s leg problems were manifesting andContinue reading “Shadow Horse”
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How Do They Know?
Work: day off. Too distracted. Ramblings for the Day: This is the third (fourth?) time Mathilda has gotten injured on the weekend. My personal favorite was when I was out of town, called home on Friday night, and got, “Hi, can’t talk. The vet is coming up the driveway.” Having worked in an ER, GregContinue reading “How Do They Know?”
Ding!
Work: obstacle course, 1 lap in company. Report: Although only ~15 minutes, one lap is enough. I get exhausted. Today, he got excited enough to jump one of the logs rather than walk over but it’s hard to get annoyed. He’s so pretty when he jumps. Ramblings for the Day: From triumph (over 100 possibleContinue reading “Ding!”
Foto Friday: A Short Tribute to Amy Tryon
Rolex 2008. A course walk with Ms. Tryon was always intimidating. She’d wave her hand at some enormous pile of wood and say, “Oh, just kick over this.” I interviewed her three times: on fireproofing barns [The Horse], winter exercises [Eventing USA], and time management [Eventing USA]. That ties her with Michael Poulin for theContinue reading “Foto Friday: A Short Tribute to Amy Tryon”
Help Me Name My Horse, Prize Offered
Update February 4, 2013: Winner declared. Rodney is looking for his new show name. I am terrible at names. Our 16 (?) year-old, roadside-adopted black Lab still goes by the name of Puppy, among other things. As a writer, the mot juste is of utmost importance to me. The responsibility of selected the perfect, appropriate,Continue reading “Help Me Name My Horse, Prize Offered”
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
Work: day off Ramblings for the Day: Technically it hasn’t been. This is a shot from early days. I found it while trolling for last Friday’s foto. We will hold this as an omen for the future and not examine too closely the date stamp on the JPG.
Another Day, Another Set of Poles
Work: reverse poles, hither & yon, as Saturday. Report: workmanlike & unexciting, which is the point. Although I was tempted to go for the third & farthest set of poles, I am learning from past mistakes [Doom, Nevermind]. The plan is to solidify what works before moving on [Boredom]. Ramblings for the Day: I’m notContinue reading “Another Day, Another Set of Poles”
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