Plan:   Wake up, load up, leave farm about 9:00, take Encore and Pete along with me and lifeshighway to the Moss Foundation on a perfect rid...

Right before the final jump on the Southern Pines XC course, I felt Encore crossfire as he did a 90 degree turn while I tried to convince hi...

It burnsss ussssss.... No, it's not the horse.  But I still love her. It was a stupid stoplight thing.  We were sitting in line, t...

With three horses to ride (our BFF, lifeshighway, is out for 5 months following rotator cuff surgery, so I am teaching Pete the coarser poin...

Encore is bored with my circles and I need to come up with new ingeniuos exercises for his quick little mind.  So he got last night off and ...

Decked out and patched together in a mayhem of, let's call it "repurposing," with a touch of shabby chic. Rockin' Solo...

I think Solo's feeling a little bummed out.  You would think he'd appreciate hitting the horse jackpot; his life consists of grazing...

Wednesday, two shiny red boys went to visit Dr. Bob's trusty sidekick, Dr. Brian, who does lots of bodywork. Encore was first; he nee...

Just a few updates and teasers! (1) Ecogold is still completely awesome. I decided my magical pad really was too big for my saddles and ...

It is hard not to let the heartbreak take over.  Solo does not feel good, despite my plea with him to make the hock injections magically fix...

It's a rainy day as Irene hugs the NC coast on her way north. Good for over-thinking, exaggerating, despondency, rallying, napping, and...

Someone once said to me, "Treasure every ride, every run, because you never know when it might be your last one." And I always h...

Might as well be useful, right?  I always love a project and we have jumps that always need to be maintained so every once in a while the b...

First, if you didn't already catch it on Eventing Nation , I MUST share the utter brilliance fellow blogger Anastasia posted over at Tea...

I don't know how many ways it is possible to say "I LOVE DR. BOB."  I mean, my plan is to lure him into a stall and then lock ...

Broken horses leave far too much time for thinking. I pace the barn aisle restlessly, wondering what my options are. My crazy addiction t...

Despite the 17 layers of sweat, Solo and I had a great ride today!  Funny how two months ago, a great ride meant powerful extended gaits and...

Brown grass crunches underfoot and I swat only half-effectively at deer flies.  Solo's neck stays permanently wet with a white crust of ...

In the midst of doing 20 other things, I do have to share...PT came out for our combined FOURTH attempt at making the kinesiotape stick to h...

Well, the MRI verdict is in for my knee as of an hour ago!  The good news:  soft tissue looks good.  The bad news:  both the tibia and fibul...