The Sunday Review: Finding Purpose
“Perfect balance is hard to strike-in life and on horses. Sometimes you will be out of whack, and if you know it’s temporary, it’s okay…you just can’t stay that way forever, or you’ll burn out and possibly harm the people around you.” ― Chelsea Canedy: Finding Purpose I am excited to introduce this next book. Although…
What’s Up Doc? An update on Stanley’s Newest Ailments
In the last few weeks leading up to our big trip we’ve been running into some tricky roadblocks. At the time of this article’s publication, I am scheduled to leave town for Aiken, South Carolina in ONE WEEK! I began riding Stanley again at the end of 2025. I had given him time to recover…
A Love Letter From Your Twelve Year Old Self; On Self-Reflection and Making Your Dreams a Reality
As adults we get lost in our every day responsibilities. Adulting! It’s exhausting. At times you feel like a robot going through the motions. You blink and a year’s gone by. You’re reminded every day about that project you’ve been meaning to get to…or how you need to make more time for….. For what. To…
The Sunday Review: Forelock and Fringe January 2026
I’m back for a Sunday Review! Ever since Carly stopped her Marengo Subscription box I have felt a bit lost. I loved looking forward to a new box each quarter. In the spirit of subscription boxes I’m back to review the Forelock and Fringe January 2026 Box! Forelock and Fringe is a UK based subscription…
Trafalgar Square Books: The Scoop on Our Beloved Publisher
I have been a fan of Trafalgar Square Books for many years. When I was a very young girl my parents instilled a love of reading. I would visit the library and always take out the maximum number of books. I constantly got free Pizza Hut through the reading program they did. I grew up…
Gearing Up For Winter Storm Fern
I have lived in the northeast for my entire life. Winter here is not something we are unfamiliar with nor is it something we take lightly. Every now and then we get some big storms that gets everyone worked up. Winter Fern is our first big storm of the season. We have had storms drop…
The Sunday Review: Horses and Humans and Love
“I think about all the people I know who are always so busy “doing something.” They have so many things going on in their life the need to be ‘doing something about them’ all the time. I wonder if they are people who never felt they were ‘enough’ unless they were doing or accomplishing something.…
In The Name of The Horse: Tackling Self Care to Overcome Rider Imbalances
In the last couple of years I have been changing my views on self-care. In the past I never made time for it and it was of no concern to me. In 2020 I had some falls that never got checked out by a health professional. In 2021 that led me to having such a…
Backstory presented by Virtual Brush Box
I was pleasantly surprised recently by a fellow blogger who included a post of mine in their content. Virtual Brush Box is another blog that I follow that offers thoughts and insights to their life in the horse world. In this particular article we are asked to consider backstory from a reader’s perspective. As we…
Mapping the Road of 2026
Here we are, and I feel like I just published my 2025 lookahead, Last week I reflected on the events of this year. To be honest I almost didn’t publish that article. It’s too personal. It’s long and drawn out. I did decide to publish it after all…more for my sake than for anyone else’s.…
The End of Year Reflection
It’s incredibly difficult to look back at my year and see anything good. Being an optimist was never my default setting but over the years I’ve worked VERY VERY hard to develop the optimism, resilience, and hopeful attitude I have today. Q1: BAD: In December of 2024 our family lost Zac’s grandmother….just 10 days before…
Rolling in Style
I bought an old trailer in 2020. It was a Merhow 2 horse slant load gooseneck trailer with a weekender package. It was in good shape and a great trailer to start with. I still own it for now. We brought it home a couple years ago and have been slowly making the needed repairs…
The Green Horseman 