I did ride today–bright, sunny, chilly day–but not until later in the afternoon than I wanted, due to a site visit from the solar people in the morning and some internal upset. Finally all that was out of the way, and I got on Rags with some difficulty but measurably less than when I started. Read More…
Category: life beyond writing
Pancakes for Supper
A dank, drippy, chilly day. Dull…misty among the trees in the distance, raw in the nose and throat up close. We had my homemade Survival Soup at lunch and R- came in where I was reading and asked if he could have soup for supper. I thought a minute and said yes, but I wanted Read More…
Dozen Rides Down…What a Stout Little Horse
I had a headache today but went out to ride anyway: felt clumsy (headaches make me feel clumsy) and awkward but kept at it until I finally had him tacked up and had mounted. Then things improved. Before that, I’d haltered Tigger and done the “walk over raised poles” and other exercises with him, with Read More…
A Soup Day
Last night, as the temperature dropped sharply toward freezing, I put 4 cups of mixed dried beans on to soak. We had a quart of a previous soup batch for supper. At dawn (skyglow enough to see the path to the barn clearly and go break ice in the horses’ water but not yet sunlight Read More…
A Tale of Two Rides (Numbers 10 & 11 in current series of “rides since hoof trim.”)
We’re into double digits here, just barely. On Monday, Rags and I went to a part of the land he hadn’t been near yet–the south end of the East Grass (connects to the Near Meadow, but adjoins a construction yard, not some house yards.) It was a lovely day, between cool and warm, with a Read More…
Back in the Saddle: Ninth Ride, Week Four (sorta)
Week three of Ragtime’s fitness plan started with some drama and was truncated by weather and a minor illness (mine, not his), so this was the first ride of Week Four, without having enough Week Three rides to progress to the next duration goal. But it was too lovely a day to worry about that, Read More…
Back in the Saddle: Ride Eight, and Week Three Begins With Drama
Ragtime and I had a ragged ride today, but it was instructive (for me, and maybe for him) and we went out and came back without injury other than a bruise and a strained “something” in my left leg. He’s been off work, mostly due to weather, since the last post. It was chilly and Read More…
Back in the Saddle: Seventh Ride
The seventh ride came at the end of a long day, which began the day before by my starting a friend’s Christmas present pie later than I should’ve. So after getting to bed after midnight (pies can take a hour to bake, and then another two hours to cool enough to cover without their condensing Read More…
Back in the Saddle, Ride Six
Today wasn’t foggy at dawn, both cooler and crisper. I’m expecting a business-related delivery today, so wanted to ride early. As always, getting ready took longer than expected but I was finally up on Rags. Slightly more difficulty mounting, probably the result of my day off yesterday feeling icky and a slight remaining internal wobble. Read More…
Back in the Saddle: Fifth Ride
Tuesday’s ride completed the first week of work under saddle for Ragtime. He’s now fine with the ride length of 15 minutes. It was a lovely ride (again), this time up the east side of the dry woods, with only one hesitant moment from Rags, when he heard Tigger calling from the barn area. But Read More…