Joan Didion wrote; ‘I write to know what I think’. As a writer, I agree. As a Rider, I find that sometimes I ride to know what I feel, what I need to know. As a HorseWoman that is not a competitor, I find that most of my rides come from my need to reconnect …
Life is busy. It’s so easy to live a ‘too busy’ life. If we are not mindful, drama, drivel and illusions will fill our days. And at the end of the day… we have neglected what mattered. Misplaced priorities and external distractions can appear large and urgent, yet at the end of the day, they …
I see things in my Horse that others do not see. My grey Mare, Mystic, is a 14.2 hand grade Arabian, quiet, a little stand offish, average looking. Nothing spectacular from an outside perspective. But I don’t see her from the outside. I see the inside. I see her Sweet Spirit, I see her willingness …
For us Horse People, we seem to have no choice. We must have a horse. Even when it is financially brutal, physically demanding, and requires volumes of time and mental, emotional and spiritual energy. I still need them. Why? When non horse people ask me why I sacrifice and risk so much to have them, …