Tag: horseback riding

  • 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…

  • I don’t loose my temper often. I’ve worked hard to become an adult, a person who can pause just long enough in any given situations…

  • 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…

  • I had the opportunity recently to take Tarma to a riding clinic with a new to me trainer, Carol McArdle. I’ve been chewing on what…

  • With the overdue fall rains coming home this weekend in force, I ducked out of work early to soak up the last drops of summer.…

  • This weekend I had the choice between a new to me endurance ride in Eastern Oregon, Lava Crest, or returning to Mount Adams Horse Camp…

  • With two solid 50’s under our belts, I’ve decided to keep stretching our relationship a bit. Next week instead of waking up at 5am for…

  • I cantered Tarma into a wall during our last dressage lesson, but it was still considered improvement. Or, as my dressage trainer said, “Pleasently surprising”,…

  • Whoopsie, our (probable, possible) next 50 mile ride is (panic checks calendar) only 10 days away and boy are we…not 100% certain. I had always…

  • I always like to wait a few days to do my official ride write up. This gives me time to stop groaning every time I…