Category Archives: Horses

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Raw Story: US state of Maryland retires pro-Confederacy state song, Agence France-Precise May 19, 2021.~~~ Bell boots. Because we are running out of places to put things on these horses. First day. Got a few steps of fancy trot and a canter I could sit. Sold! Rodney doesn’tContinue reading “What Now, Bell Boots”

Riding Journal ASB Awareness of the outside world. It is not a HIPAA violation for a business to ask if you have been vaccinated. Katelyn Jetelina: HIPAA Violation?~~~ Last week, I went over to Stepping Stone Farm help load for a show. [Wednesday] I Miss The Horses [Pro-Am 2016 Show Photos by Shiflet]Alvin telling me thatContinue reading “Missing The Saddlebreds, Or Not”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Work today. Must focus. Oh look, laundry …~~~ Unrelated photo for visual interest. Pasture last Saturday. Here’s a theory. Predicting the worst is the mind’s way of making a making a side bet with itself. You want X to happen. You decide not-X is going to happen. IfContinue reading “Client Management”

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. What is an inclusive way to address a handful of people? I was writing an email to three women, two of whom I have met but don’t know well. I began with “Ladies:” But then I thought, Really? Do I know that? They have feminine names. TheyContinue reading “Ride Like An Athlete”

Images Awareness of the outside world. While we are on the subject of images. At my appointment last week, the dentist took an impression for an onlay. Think of it as a shallow crown. Instead of asking me to bite into a hunk of softened chewing gum, they scanned my tooth and the environs. TheContinue reading “Moon Rats Logo, A Design Study”

Laura: Well, I said I’d tell you about the lunar arts scene, which mostly means Moon Rats. They’re the ones with the leisure time. The rest of us are either working all out to maximize our limited time here, or exercising to keep our system in shape to go home. When they say We LiveContinue reading “Email from the Moon, The Art Scene, Fiction”

Riding Journal Pix from the Prof! Photo guru Meg McKinney brought her critters class to the show as a photo field trip. She was kind enough to send photos. Welcome Meg! [Show Report, Guest Photos I, Guest Photos II] Rodney offered to narrate this set of photos. (I added the specifics.) That’s my dressage test.Continue reading “Doctor Whooves and The Master, FCHP Schooling Show, April 2021, Guest Photos III”