Category Archives: Thoughts

Lesson Scheduled, and Thoughts Thereon

Awareness of the outside world. Your Dressage: Where the Real Action Happens, by Jennifer Bryant, April 6, 2023. The warm-up ring at the FEI World Cup in Omaha. Some riders went to the warm-up ring AFTER their tests, “for a short cool-down consisting of a stretchy rising trot and a couple of laps of relaxedContinue reading “Lesson Scheduled, and Thoughts Thereon”

Team Snail Hits The Trail, Virtual Tevis 2023 Begins

Awareness of the outside world. Western States Endurance Run: Trail Stewardship. ~~~ We’re off. Virtual Tevis 2023 starts today. We have until Sunday 30 July to ride 100 miles. Counting the start and end days, I get 103 days to ride 100 miles. After their extended time off, the horses top out at a mile.Continue reading “Team Snail Hits The Trail, Virtual Tevis 2023 Begins”

The Tack Room Door Creaks Open Again

Awareness of the outside world. Climate Clock. “To stay under 1.5°C warming, and prevent the worst effects of climate change from becoming irreversible.” Climate Clock: Our Story. Earth is dying! Well, not really. Worst case scenario, there will be global adjustments, minor on a geological scale. The thing is, people don’t live on a geologicalContinue reading “The Tack Room Door Creaks Open Again”

That Reminds Me Of A Story, Life with Horses Is Never Orderly, Book Club Blog Hop

Welcome to the Book Club Blog Hop. “So, for post content, I would be more interest hearing stories that only you could tell.” [Stall Rest Chronicles 11 Feb, and Book Club Blog Hop Announcement] Life with Horses Is Never Orderly, by Morgane Schmidt (Trafalgar Square 2021). From the webcomic The Idea of Order New Story He’s neverContinue reading “That Reminds Me Of A Story, Life with Horses Is Never Orderly, Book Club Blog Hop”