The History Channel doesn’t quite get it…

by | Apr 13, 2012 | History, Horses

This Sunday marks the finale of the first season of “Full Metal Jousting” on the History Channel. (Yes, you may snicker at the name. I certainly did.) In the continuing drone of “reality” and “competition” shows, consider this the...

Confessions of a city-limits-confined-Equestrienne

by | Apr 11, 2012 | Horses

Confession #1  I never get to see my horse as often as I like. It is a 40 minute drive to see him (without traffic). There are weekends I can’t make it up there. It’s expensive to board him at a stable that might be closer. Excuses, excuses. Confession #2...

Spurring Discussions: Posting/Promoting Photos

by | Apr 6, 2012 | Horses

I found this yesterday on Facebook: The comment I circled hit me. To me, this is similar to the argument about not posting pictures of people riding bikes without helmets (at the risk of influencing children, etc…) But my other immediate thought is that most...

The Horse-Human Connection

by | Mar 28, 2012 | Horses

What is it about horses that draws people in? More specifically – what is it about horses that appeals to most every little girl? For those few fortunately little girls that convince their daddies to buy them a pony, it can change the course of their life and...

Behind my instinctive, unreasoning love of horses

by | Mar 16, 2012 | Horses

When I introduce myself, I say in this order, “I’m a writer, social media coordinator and a horse lover.” The order of how I list these things is skewed. The horses came first. Then the writing, and then social media as my current day job. Horses...