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The Point of Worry

For those of us who are more ant than grasshopper, fussing over possibly futures has always come easily. We worry about what might happen and what we can do to prevent/mitigate it. I should have a working fire extinguisher in case of a kitchen fire. I should phrase the paragraph this way to avoid thoseContinue reading “The Point of Worry”

Courses For Horses

Have you ever wondered how your horse knows how to get along with people? Simple, he learned it in school. Through diligent research, we have obtained a peek at an equine course catalog: The Top 12 Most Popular Courses in Horse School Hydrodynamics – Calculating just the right angle to hold your head so theContinue reading “Courses For Horses”

It Hurts So Good

Don’t. Stop. Don’t stop. Seriously, I can’t tell. Since Mathilda’s left hind leg is sore [How?], she’s resting her weight on her right hip and leg, thereby overtightening the muscles in her croup and hindquarters. During Rodney’s heat therapy, I put the second heating pad on her Bai Hui point instead of his. [100] IContinue reading “It Hurts So Good”

Shadow Horse

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”

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”