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…
Classic: Day 5 & Concluding the Waredaca Classic Three Day Event
Disclaimer: This Series is the fifth and final article of a special edition. Because of the length of our experience the post has been broken into several smaller posts. For the full recap I recommend starting with: The positive thing about having been eliminated Saturday is we got to sleep in Sunday. We didn’t have…
Classic: Day 4 & Endurance Day at Waredaca Classic Three Day Event
Disclaimer: This Series is part 4 of a special edition. Because of the length of our experience the post has been broken into several smaller posts. For the full recap I recommend starting with: Synopsis Endurance day finally came. Cross country is always the most exciting day for the big horse events. At Fair Hill…
Classic: Day 3 & Two Thoroughbreds and a Fell Pony at Waredaca Classic Three Day Event
Disclaimer: This article is part 3 of a special series. Because of the length of our experience the post has been broken into several smaller posts. The first and second posts can be found here: We woke up bright and early Friday morning. We had to get to the barn, take Tiger for a walk,…
Classic: Day 2 & Officially Kicking Off the Waredaca Classic Three Day Event
Disclaimer: This article is part 2 of a special 5-part series. Because of the length of our experience the post has been broken into several smaller posts. Please see yesterday’s post for the first of this series. Classic: Our Journey to The Waredaca Classic Three Day Event DAY 1 We woke in our AirBnB early in…
Classic: Our Journey to The Waredaca Classic Three Day Event DAY 1
Over the past four years I have had the pleasure of watching the partnership between Suzanne and Tiger (R TomCat) blossom. From their first shows together in 2022 to tackling their first three phase event later that fall. In 2023 they began competing in recognized competition. Last year we traveled to Kentucky to compete in…
The Green Horseman 