Category Archives: Memoir

“I’m in a Riding Funk”

“Jude should only be ridden by an adult with informed consent.” This was the first paragraph of the report on my Thoroughbred from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary...

Horses vs. Men: the Search

I’m branching away from the norm this week because I have been wondering about something. Is there a difference between finding a horse and finding a man? I don’t know...

The Case for Mediocrity

The first time I watched the 1987 film Amadeus I cried. Not because of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's untimely death. I cried because I related to Antonio Salieri, the in-house composer of...

Rediscovering the Passion

I’m not sure what’s happening to me. Inching up to the septuagenarian mark and losing two beloved horses in two years had taken a toll.  Maybe this is what happens....

Unboxing Old Breyer Horses

procrastination is theart of keepingup with yesterday —Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel, 1927 I opened a box of Breyer horses from my childhood the other day. I could say it...

First Frost

Horse people know more about what is going on in the sky and in the dirt than most. We have multiple weather apps on our phones and check them often....

I Can’t Even

Of all the Airbnbs in the UK, I had to book this one; a cute one-bedroom house with a clothesline. I knew I was in the county of Hampshire, but...

A Newmarket Dream

A million Christmases ago my mom gave me a Newmarket quarter sheet. It was my Santa present, which is to say the best present of the day. It was beautiful....

Rescue Opens Doors to Career with Horses

Like many young adults in their mid-twenties, Alicia Shread, 25, from Clarksville, Maryland, is focused on building a prosperous career. While horses were always a hobby for her, after spending...

Horses and the Ties That Bind Us

“Twenty-two percent of millennials say they have ‘no friends,’” claimed a Vox article from 2019. While that stat was pulled from a poll of fewer than 2,000 people, the truth...

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