At Colonial Williamsburg last weekend, I attended a welcome reception at Colonial Williamsburg Stables sponsored by Alltech with shuttle service between the Woodlands Hotel and Colonial Williamsburg Stables sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Foundation (gotta work the payback). At the reception were spokeschickens for Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds Program, which also covers oxen, sheep,Continue reading “Why Bother? Worthy Cause I”
Category Archives: Horses
Welcome Home
Yesterday, I got back from a five-day work-slash-vacation trip [AHP 0,1,2]. The reactions were varied: I know Hubby missed me because I know how much miss him. Nothing cutesy about it. Our farm routine is optimized for two people. Therefore when one of us goes away, the other has signed up for several long days.Continue reading “Welcome Home”
Bucket List – Accomplished
To counteract the thread of greed that runs through my Bucket List, herein a list of things that would be on my bucket list if I hadn’t already done them. (What to call it? Filled bucket has stall-cleaning overtones. The anti-bucket lists in the ether where all things that people had no intention of everContinue reading “Bucket List – Accomplished”
Magazines & Me
American Horse Publications Day 2 My first article in an equine magazine was a show report for The Chronicle of the Horse in the late 80s. My most recent was a short interview on equine jobs for USDF Connection. I’ve learned a bunch over the years, not all of it concerning the content. We differContinue reading “Magazines & Me”
Foto Friday: The Old Grey Mare
American Horse Publications Day 1 Mask in action Your favorite costume?
Permanence
American Horse Publications Day 0 Tomorrow is the first day of the American Horse Publications 2012 seminar, Ride into History. Therefore, May’s end-of-the month pondering on blogging will be on the meaning of permanence. Which lasts longer, my magazine articles or my blog posts? Magazine Articles Personal: I did these first, so of course, IContinue reading “Permanence”
Bucket List
Avventura was nice enough to like a post about Rodney’s exercises [Blow Winds]. One of her standing pages is a bucket list. Since I have already gone over my competitive goals [Where To?], here is my non-competitive equine bucket list: + Compete abroad. Not so much as a competition goal, but more as a sliceContinue reading “Bucket List”