I seem to have - somewhat by accident - fallen into a riding schedule. This is not a bad thing! Though I do occasionally wonder if it will...

So a couple of weeks ago Tristan was really, really sick . He's totally fine now; the last vestige of that week is his IV site, and even...

Man, June has been one long rolling disaster in terms of horse time. Either I'm working insane hours, out of town, or, well. So, ba...

For about a month now, I have been limping around.  At first, I thought that I had tweaked something in my right ankle when I made the sw...

I'm still struggling, but on Tuesday I suited up for my first ride of November. I actually thought, well, I should make my body hurt a...

One of the best things about horses, for me, is how they force me to develop certain qualities. For one thing, horses do not cope well wit...

Last night, I left work on time solely due to my bargain with the devil of bringing my laptop home and planning on about another few hours o...

When I started Tristan, in January 2006, basically everything was difficult. Every day, I would catch him in his paddock, lead him into ...

Not the best ride ever last night. Riding, for me anyway, is all about plateaus and valleys. Mostly, we sort of cruise along, plodding a...

April 11 is a big day in our family, and yesterday was a milestone anniversary for both of the April 11 events. First, Tristan turned 21 y...

I've always found self-regulating to be a challenge. If I'm doing something, I get lost inside that thing. I want to do that, and no...

Last night, my trailer sold. I put a relative minimum of effort into advertising, listed it at a really good price, and answered 2-3 emails ...

Oh hell yes I have had this draft saved for 2.5 weeks. I just needed power back in my home office so I could turn on my computer, because I ...

I've been in a sort of funny place with my riding. I want to and I don't want to. I crave the feeling I get while riding, but I'...

Some time ago, I wrote a post about how I've managed my horse finances. It hasn't always been easy. When I first got Tristan, I was ...

I never really went to horse camp as a kid. Not in the budget, really. I always wanted to. My barn has an adult camp twice a year - a dre...

One week from today, we close. Kind of freaking out over here...!

Conversation last night between me and the barn manager while she was doing chores in the aisle and I was riding in the indoor. Me: Ow! He...

My truck is a 2WD. It is in every other way perfect, so I work around that foible by letting it have winters off. It sits in the driveway, s...

Amanda's  post at The $900 Facebook Pony  got me thinking and remembering. So many of you have quirks and things that you're OCD abo...