Decidedly Dressage: New Adventures
New adventures abound for me these last several months. The biggest of course has been my wonderful daughter (who gives me lots of laughs). The loss of Spicey...
Decidedly Dressage
Pregnancy Rebound using Home Horse
I first reached out to Chris (founder of Home Horse) with an article idea for pregnancy and post-partum recovery. After several phone conversations and emails,...
Looking Back at 4 Years of Dressage
AKA Making Big Strides Quickly
Okay...it hasn't been exactly 4 years...more like 4.5 since my first dressage lesson. But looking back, I am astonished at ho...
ISO My Next Unicorn. My call out for help to the Universe.
I had been working on lots of exciting new things when Mr. Spicey was so suddenly taken from us last week. I considered scrapping my ideas all together. I con...
To Lose a Horse…
Thank you to Topline Photos/Kim Suddaby for the photo.
When a horse person loses a horse, those uninitiated into the club will tend to compare it to "losing ...
Making the Most of each Ride
As an adult amateur rider, I need to really focus on every single lesson and clinic I pay for. I'm not going to be able to go out and take what I just learned ...
Riding Lightly
I've always been a big, strong girl. I'm tall (5'9") with very strong/thick limbs and a football attitude to match. I've always been a bit stubborn, a bit agg...
Pregnancy and Horses. What’s right for you?
With the bizarrely worded recent news article "Pregnant Fraser Wins 5* Kur to Music at 2019 CDI Wellington," showing up in my Facebook just this weekend (and I ...
Rolling with the Punches – Gratitude and Fortitude
Every year when the current year breathes its last breaths and the new one eagerly awaits in the near beyond... as a species we start to think about our year....
The Jealous Adult Ammy
We all have times in our lives when we feel our paths are clear. We have no huge decisions to make that aren't already planned for, we don't expect to change j...