‘Salvaged’ by Madeleine Roux

February 5, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

A book review! Warning: do not take with food

A new exercise

February 3, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Trying out a new grid exercise

My Voice, Part One

January 31, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Writing again for public consumption, take…8? I’ve lost track…

Bloghop: Favorites of 2018

December 20, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Here’s a fun post idea from Centered in the Saddle. So much has happened this year, and this is a photo based way to wrap it all up. Favorite Horse Show Picture I don’t show and didn’t make it to a single endurance ride, but here’s Kade’s first mounted lesson (and many more to come!) […]

International Day of the Horse

December 15, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

THE SKY IS FALLING! Run around screaming, the sky is falling! Now that I have your attention, let’s bring the stress level back down and chat about horses on this Day Of The Horse. You guys, I was so extremely lucky this year! Did I meet a single goal I had set? Nope! Did I […]

So many questions

November 9, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

I’m a terrible blogger, but here’s something that’s been floating around many of the horse blogs I read. Actually stolen from Haiku Farm! 1. Why horses? Why not a sane sport, like soccer or softball or curling? There are so many facets to this answer, starting with “it’s in the blood” and constant early exposure […]

Oregon Trails Summit

October 10, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

Along with a few other lucky ladies, I was privileged to attend the Oregon Trails Summit in Bend last weekend. PNER sent me to talk trails, but I brought a lot of past experience as both a trail user and stakeholder (I worked on trails with Northwest Youth Corps for six summer seasons, as well […]

Zen Mind?

August 1, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

In the sports I’ve chosen to dabble in (endurance riding, bike riding and running), most people speak of reaching a zen moment, or a blank mind, or just a moment when everything quiets and it’s just them and the road, or the trail ahead. It’s usually that indefinite stretch of time between the warm up […]

Money Diary, Day 7

July 26, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Day Seven, Sunday 745am: I get up just long enough to let the dog outside to do his morning biz, see the kid is still conked out and crawl back into bed. 9am: I head to the local grocery store with the kid to forage for breakfast and food for a BBQ with our two […]

Money Diary: Day 6

July 25, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Day Six: Saturday 7am: Busy & jam packed day! We’re loaded up and out the door by 7, with a quick stop at Starbucks (now a rare treat for us!) The adults get coffee and sandwiches, the kid gets hot chocolate, and the dog gets a Puppachino, something he clearly anticipates as soon as we […]