One in the saddle, one on the ground
Normal, humdrum, ordinary life. Because it can be good, confusing, epic, wonderful, loving, and weird all at once.
I was supposed to be writing a mostly triumphant post today. My plan was to haul to McIver and try our newly booted hooves at our first out and about trail ride together. Maybe a few bobbles, some lessons learned, but I was optimistic…overly, as it turned out. Remember when I mentioned building that partnership […]
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I took a chance on the weather today and I am so glad that I did. We loaded Tarma up and went to our favorite nearby state park, Milo McIver. There are a series of obstacles built by the North Valley chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails, of which yours truly is somehow currently the VP […]
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Just to prove that life is an all successes and rainbows today was A Day. And even as I sit with a cup of Dutch Bros hot chocolate in my hand, watching Tarma hoover up her alfalfa, I acknowledge how lucky I am to even be able to make that statement. Even my hardships are […]
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Oh sweet lady, I needed today’s triumph! Our biggest step together yet was the absolute highlight of my day. I snuck away from work early with less than an hour’s worth of daylight left but I wasn’t going to waste it! I was lucky that it was close enough to dinner time, so when I […]
Read MoreIt feels extremely odd and almost wrong to be calm and satisfied, but that’s how I found myself this afternoon. I’d just put in a solid morning’s effort for a major work project, more or less successfully herded Kade through another remote school day, and played a rousing game of Scrabble after a walk in […]
Read MoreWhen I’m not buried in work or delighting in visiting Tarma every night, there’s an ongoing struggle I keep going back to. We’re still healing from loosing Cyrus (a process that never really ends), and slowly shifting towards maybe being ready to find our next dog. However, Cyrus set such a ridiculously high bar, even […]
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I’m always a bit too slow (read: distractible) to do proper year end round ups, and I’ve been dragging my feet more so than usual for this rabid wolverine on shrooms year. But I’m stealing this from Starlight Lane Farm’s blog, someone I’ve been following and appreciating for years. What’s the best thing that happened […]
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I’m a few days late in posting this, as it’s been an extraordinarily rough week at the tail end of a dumpster fire year. Cyrus passed away unexpectedly last week and not a day goes by I’m not crying, feeling like I’ve lost a limb. Cyrus was a Very Good Dog, and missing him so […]
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First off, Fuck 2020. Can’t say it any more forcefully than that. I’m writing this from my friend’s house where I’m temporarily boarding my new horse, while the three kids are doing schoolwork and three adults are on work calls. Secondly, I really, deeply appreciate everyone’s heartfelt comments and thoughts. Seeing point one, I know […]
Read MoreI thought the post I wrote after Flash died so unexpectedly was the hardest one I would write this year. Fuck that, said 2020. Today is the hardest, weirdest day I’ve ever had. I left home early this morning, after checking on Cyrus and confirming my husband knew how to care for him for the […]
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On the loose 