We’ve had some very positive changes around the farm and are making some good headway with Roland.
Horse Thoughts
Making Cinches
When my friend K picked up her horse Roland about a year ago, he was a super skinny four-year-old who was taking his time to mature. The times I rode him last summer, I used the itty bitty cinch I used when I was starting Piper. When I started to prepare for riding Roland again… Read more »
Steen and the Big Field
It’s been a good summer of riding so far. Steen and I have been getting out and exploring lately.
Finding new tricks
When we first moved the horses last year, I was very pleased to find that Steen was bombproof at the new place. He was happy to truck around the unfamiliar spaces and up for anything I threw at him. This was after I’d scarcely even seen him for six weeks due to COVID. He had… Read more »
A New Project
In 2020, just about every major aspect of our lives changed in some dramatic way. And that made the year feel weirdly static. Forward wasn’t really on the table. We were just trying to get back to a place of stability. Moving our small herd to a piece of land that had never previous housed… Read more »
A Different Sort of Transition
As Steen ages, I’m searching for ways to keep him in shape and happy and healthy.
What Doesn’t Kill You
2020. What else is there to say? It’s been a year of change for everyone. In our case, we adjusted decently well to the new restrictions put in place by the pandemic and threw ourselves head first into the work of building a new space for the horses on our friends’ land. As of early… Read more »
A Big Change
2020 has been full of surprises for a lot of people. And we are no exception. Living through a pandemic is an intense experience. Like nearly everyone not on the front lines, I find myself bouncing between horror and gratitude, fear and boredom, frustration and uncertainty. I have felt impotence over my inability to influence… Read more »