In short: very basic foundational lesson that we both really, really needed. If I could have asked to address any issues right now, it wou...

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far - Burlington, Vermont tied its record high of 93 for today, a record set in 1955. I gener...

Nothing terribly dramatic going on. On Monday we inched up to two 10 minute trots. Saying he's struggling with them sounds far too drama...

I wish I could say I was up and at 'em and raring to go to the barn after work yesterday, but it was more like a steady progression of p...

I'm beginning to think I might be overly cautious in my rehab schedule. (Which will not shock anyone who knows me...) Tris is 100% sou...

I gave Tristan the night off last night after the barn manager texted to tell me he looked fine to her. Got to the barn tonight and walked, ...

Last night I wasn't quite feeling it - it had been pouring rain all afternoon and I mostly wanted to go home and curl up with a book - b...

SOME PONY decided last night to throw an offroad bucking fit through a stand of apple trees. I'm not naming names, but it might have b...

I am, by nature, a worrier. In case you couldn't tell that already from reading my previous entries. Most of the time, it's nothing;...

We had a really lovely ride Thursday, all around the big hay field, a long peaceful walk with Tristan munching on the one bite of long grass...

This hasn't been a problem in Vermont yet, where half the barn is still blanketed overnight and it's been raining fit to build an ar...

I downloaded the Woof Wear "Track My Hack" app several months ago in hopes of using it once I started rehabbing. Tonight I used it...

Sunday I spent most of the day at the barn. I started off scribing for a schooling show, with this gorgeous view: Then I headed down to...

Last night was Tristan's fifth ride since August. We're still walking only, but in those five rides - one a day except Tuesday, whic...

I'm not saying I won't be checking back in with pictures of Tristan's foot as the last of the awfulness grows out, but these are...

I RODE MY HORSE LAST NIGHT. For the first time since August 14, when I finished my weekly lesson with a feeling of disquiet and thus start...