Running Water Never Goes Stale

So you gotta just keep on flowing

September 2024

  • To Be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved

    This was a writing prompt from Anna Blake and I jumped on it because I’ve had this exact thought knocking around in my brain after an incident a few months ago. It was one of our first rides at the new place, and our first time in the big arena. I had the idea that… Read more

  • I’m Just Gonna Say it – I did a good job

    Today’s ride was a bit more adventurous than we planned. I moved my lessons from 6am to 7am. If I get ready quickly, I get to sleep in until 5! It started off with a shuffle away from the mounting block. I’ve written about how that can make me spiral, but instead I just said… Read more

  • FOMO

    One thing Griffy and I share is a strong sense of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out.) Griffy used to live on a small family farm; I would occasionally farm-sit when the owners were out of town. One day when I was running the show, all the horses were happily grazing in the pasture when a… Read more

  • Color Correction

    Funny thought – I’m the only horse person I know who says that the first thing they look at when looking for a horse is color…and yet twice now I’ve managed to buy a horse that is not the color I really want. Someday I’ll get my dream black horse…. Read more

  • Keep It Simple, Stupid

    In my last entry, I talked about how Griffy was telling me he didn’t want to be ridden. Today was mounted archery practice and I was telling myself that I wouldn’t try to ride him. I wasn’t going to ride him when I pulled him out of the pasture and curried what looked like a… Read more

  • Finally Getting It Right (After Getting It Very Wrong)

    I know the history of Griffy is somewhat exhausting, so TLDR; He was lame on and off for the last 4 years, up until this past summer. I don’t remember when but he developed a habit of not standing at the mounting block. I would position him there, and then climb up, and he would… Read more

  • Death by Mylar Balloon

    Griffy and I were peacefully grazing in the big field behind the pasture one day when suddenly he threw his head up and danced in a circle around me, snorting in alarm. I was totally taken by surprise – “What the hell?” I exclaimed as he came to a stop and stared at the tree… Read more

  • Horses & Technology

    If I had a dollar for every time someone has told me “Horse people hate technology,” this is where Griffy, Talos and I would live: I’ve heard horse people say they hate technology while sitting on a zoom meeting with people from around the world. I’ve heard them say they hate it while they text… Read more

  • Finally, a Practice

    I was complaining to C. about my lack of progress in mounted archery, and she said “Look, just come to practice on Sunday. Ride whatever lesson horse is available, but just keep yourself in regular practice.” I told her “Look, if you’re just going to give me simple, logical solutions to my problems, I don’t… Read more