Tarma: Five Years In
Five years with Tarma the spicy chocolate mare!
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August Round Up
Summer interrupted just kept on…interrupting. A few weeks ago I was hauling Tarma and Curly up to Timothy Lake, so Kade and I could do our annual trail ride and swim into the lake. Well….this happened instead: “Kade and I woke up, packed lunch, got morning horse chores done in good time, managed to get […]
Read MoreSignals
The main reason I haven’t written an actual blog post since April is thus: Aside from one camping trip to Cow Camp in Sisters, every horse related event I had planned or signed up for has been cancelled, either due to other people’s circumstances or horse injuries. I was so excited to take Kade to […]
Read MoreTeenager Riding
Welp, I declared my Tevis goal (or at least, Tevis curious goal) and am already facing an immediate pivot…but I’m not super sad about it. The road to Tevis is long, and Tarma’s only 10 (ish) this year, so a few more years to prepare (hopefully) won’t hurt. What has derailed me is delightful! One […]
Read MoreGraveclothes
One of the (many) reasons I never pursued anything that required me to write for pay is when I’ve got something going on, I can’t write about anything but that thing. The words will only flow or come together if I’m writing about whatever that thing is. It’s a specific form of writer’s block: I […]
Read MoreStepping forward, looking back
With one final day left between myself and returning to a desk bound day job, I find myself asking what else I need to accomplish to be able to focus on work with a lighter heart. I managed to get quite a bit done over the holiday haze, yet not quite enough. Do I spend […]
Read MoreFour Years Strong
This week it’s been four years since I went to see Tarma, handed over a decent sized check and hauled her home to my friend’s place and started inflicting my love and efforts and dreams upon her. While I was trying to sum up where we’re at for my dressage trainer at our last lesson, […]
Read MoreTesting to building
To say that 2023 was a banner year for me seems wrong somehow, in the face of…*gestures at everything else*. Though to look back and not smile at all the miles we put in and highlights we found together, my spicy chocolate mare and I, rings hollow as well. I’m still mulling over a word […]
Read MoreWinter again
This winter, more than ever, I’m determined not to loose momentum. Yes this is more a season of rest and being a home body, though there is plenty of learning to pack in for us; horse, human, child and dog all around. With my husband and I planning on a European trip next year, my […]
Read MorePuppy Spam
It’s hard to keep an active young Lab puppy down…but trazodone will do it. Buddy was neutered on Thursday, at nine months old. His vet and I discussed it and decided he was grown enough and I was tired of constantly stressing about oopsie Benny babies, so off he went for surgery. He’s been stuck […]
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On the loose 