Running Water Never Goes Stale

So you gotta just keep on flowing

  • 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

  • I’m Not Here to Chase My Dreams, I’m Here to Catch Them

    Summer’s almost over, and the equestrian community of Texas has breathed a massive sigh of relief while they look forward to days when they don’t have to get up at the crack of ass to ride. This is the flyer C. designed for mounted warrior classes: You know what makes me sad? I’m not in… Read more

  • Horses, man

    When I first got Griffy, I could not comprehend how anyone had time for more than one horse unless they were independently wealthy and didn’t have to work (which honestly sounds pretty great, so if I hit the lottery you’re going to see me blogging a lot more!) Then Griffy had his litany of lameness… Read more

  • Riding a Rocketship

    About a year after I met Griffy, I was hanging out with his owner J. and she casually said “So I know you’ve been having fun with Griffy, but, I don’t think he’s the right horse for you.” “He is.” I said confidently. “I don’t think he’ll do mounted archery,” she said. “He will.” I… Read more

  • Comparison is the Thief of Joy

    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