Category Archives: Horses

Thoughts   Waiting for something good to happen. Waiting for something bad to happen. Waiting for it all to be over. Waiting to understand that it is not going to be “over” for a long, long time. If ever. Waiting for a good book to read. Waiting for energy to do more than reread lightContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Waiting”

Words   Awareness of the outside world time. A boyfriend of my youth turned 65 last week. That is legit old. That is retirement age … that is not possible … no way that sweet, young thing is so old … no way this sweet young thing dated anyone who is 65 … I saidContinue reading “Odds and Ends from Summer”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Awareness of the outside world. A wise man once told me to vote the environment. It’s the only thing that will be around in 100 years. ~~~ Visit to Stepping Stone Farm[Thoroughbred Invasion]. Stay safe. Stay sane. Katherine Walcott

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. Avoided the news yesterday. So much agita; nothing changes. ~~~ I knew my back was tight. I said so back in 2012. All that dropping and rolling would be good fall protection. However, all that d&r is based on the ability to do a backwards somersault. IContinue reading “Brought It On My Own D*mn Self”

Riding Journal If you’re on a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Tired. ~~~ Squad Goals! First Group Trip! First Group Off-Property Ride! When we arrived at Stepping Stone Farm, a rain squall had blown in. So we popped them into the round pen. Cue attack of the zoomies. They ran.Continue reading “The Thoroughbred Invasion, Schooling at SSF”

Words   Awareness of the outside world. Lost track of days & forgot that yesterday was Columbus Day. I don’t have kids, so I never had this issue, but seems to me that it would be hard to teach kids to be good when history class is a litany of people being shitty to eachContinue reading “The Pause, Plus a Bit, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 80 to 81, October 2020”