Saddle Seat Wednesday All along, I’ve been saying that I will stay with saddle seat. So why did I feel the need to wander off [Sine Die]? Proximate Cause At my most recent lesson, I was offered a choice of two horses to ride, both new to me. I had no desire to ride eitherContinue reading “Pondering the Hiatus”
Category Archives: Saddle Seat
Why Watching Milton Drive Makes Me Cranky
Enough about them [Maiden Voyage!, Milton Drives On], what about me? When we get home from a drive, I am exhausted; partly physical, mostly mental. I said as much after Kentucky [Repercussions]. Here’s why. Base Emotions I have never gotten clear on the difference between envy & jealousy. Maybe it’s neither. I don’t want whatContinue reading “Why Watching Milton Drive Makes Me Cranky”
Sine Die Saddle Seat
Saddle Seat Wednesday I’m taking a break from saddle seat. Yes, I do have a tendency to stomp off. Maybe because my brilliant idea [Getting a Grip I, II] wasn’t so brilliant. My last two rides were awful. Maybe because I’m too grumpy about my own riding. My bad temper from this spreads to everythingContinue reading “Sine Die Saddle Seat”
Fate Speaks
Call it Fate. Call it God. Call it the Universe. Call it the human ability to find patterns in random noise. Call it whatever you want, I can’t help but feel that I’m being sent a message. Saddle seat? Absolutely. How much ya want? There are enough lesson horses at Stepping Stone Farm that IContinue reading “Fate Speaks”
Getting a Grip, Proof of Concept
Saddle Seat Wednesday The situation is not as dire as I thought. Big surprise. It’s not that I don’t know how to ride the front end of a horse [Getting a Grip, or Not]. It’s that I forget. I finally had a saddle seat lesson, after several weeks of schedule mis-match. When I kept myContinue reading “Getting a Grip, Proof of Concept”
Maiden Voyage!
The non-video version Step 1: Courtney drove while Melissa led. Step 2: Courtney drove. Step 3: Greg Drove while Melissa led. Step 4: Greg drove. Praise and gratitude to Courtney Huguley and Melissa Croxton for their help. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
I Do Not Think Those Words Mean What You Think They Mean
Saddle Seat Wednesday A former client of Stepping Stone Farm dropped by for a visit. We compared pasts. She: Riding a big-moving gaited horse Saddlebred is more fun than jumping. Didn’t I agree? Me, standing there, blinking: I understand what each individual word means but the sentence … it … I can’t … what? Inconceivable.Continue reading “I Do Not Think Those Words Mean What You Think They Mean”
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