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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

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

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

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

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

My little brother is 12 years younger than me and better than me at literally everything (he’s also not my biological brother, so maybe it’s genetic.) Seriously, though – I dropped out of college, he has a master’s degree. I suck at math, he’s great at it. We both play video games, he beats me… Read more

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.”~Maya Angelou Griffy came with a 16″ Custom saddle (Custom is a saddle brand, I don’t mean it was custom made for him) that I hated. It was small, I was big, and no one was having a good time… Read more

I’m really fortunate that I was introduced to Anna Blake very early in my adult horsemanship life. Her class on calming signals did a lot to shape my approach to my horses by introducing the notion that horses communicate with us, and if we want a true partnership with our horse we have to learn… Read more

This question was posted on r/Equestrian today, and it I wanted to address it here in longer form (I commented on the post too.) The poster had been riding for 5 years, and felt like she wasn’t getting any better. When she watched videos of herself, her lower legs were swinging and she didn’t feel… Read more