I was out of town the last couple of days for work. It involved a long van ride to Minneapolis, a night program talking to lots of people, staying up way past my bedtime drinking beer with some of my fellow travelers, a restless night’s sleep, and another long van ride back to Iowa City.… Read more »
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Too Much?
We were about 10 minutes into yesterday’s ride and I was wondering if I had been doing too much lately. It was only about a week and a half ago that I started riding quite consistently again. Those rides were on the easy and short side, and Bear seemed to respond well to them. Then… Read more »
Continual Improvement
Things just keep getting better. Both with riding and with the weather. I know, it means we’re probably due for some backsliding pretty soon, but I’m not going to dwell on that. Today Robin and I waited just a little while before heading out to the barn so we could enjoy the peak heat of… Read more »
I’m So Hot!!
Today got up into the 70s. It felt nice to have less clothes on going to the barn. And I really enjoyed the sun on my forearms. Bear didn’t seem as thrilled as I was. He was hot, tired, and probably a little hungry. We also rode outside, and that seemed to lead to some… Read more »
Title Generator?
I need one. Titles seem to be the most difficult thing for me. Even when I have bad rides, it is harder to come up with a title than anything else. Today was a great day. The barn was super crowded because Duke was there to trim feet and we were having a little end… Read more »
Nice Weather
At least for the past two days. The middle of the week was down right yucky. I ended up giving Bear three days off because of the weather, and just general tireds on my part. In fact, it was a little hard to get to the barn Friday afternoon because the week felt so long… Read more »
Working with Rojo
Over Thanksgiving Robin and I got out to Southern Arizona for a week to visit her family. As always, it was a really good time. And we definitely spent a lot of time with the horses. For the past few visits I’ve been working on getting a little closer to Rojo, my mother-in-law’s red Missouri… Read more »
Alone Again
It felt like a long week, and when Friday afternoon rolled around both Robin and I were quite tired. As soon as I got home from work I dressed for the barn and started to go. I knew if I sat I wouldn’t make it out. Robin was tied up in computer stuff and not… Read more »
A Learning Experience
I know I haven’t blogged in almost two weeks, but I have a decent reason. I fell of Bear about 10 days ago. Leading up to the fall the ride was going to be very blogable, but I ended up landing on my wrist, and typing has not been the first thing I want to… Read more »
A Sluggish Sunday
Sometimes I can get a little tired on weekend days. I think I end up sitting around a little too much and drinking coffee longer than I should. Usually getting out in the fresh air gets me going again, but it didn’t today, despite the gorgeous weather. It was just like yesterday, only not quite… Read more »