I haven't horseblogged in ages, but I am currently having a major procrastination phase (my Master's thesis may turn into my dissertation proposal or I may switch my basic idea for the dissertation from horses in Greek myth and religion to Roman horse racing or possibly even defixiones) so I am finding all sorts of things to do, bouncing from one ( Read more... )

Everyone who is a Reader has them, I think. Formative books that, even though we may not have read them for many, many years, loom large in our imagination. If they are hard to find, they often become a nagging voice at the back of your mind, cropping up when you least expect it. Given my obsession with making lists on paper or just in my head for ( Read more... )

I already wrote some about the complaints regarding supposed sexism and racism in Game of Thrones, but with more and more commentary along those lines cropping up -- not the least from, alas, overly PC commentators in Sweden -- I find I have more to get off my chest.

Take this little gem, for example. Of course, its in Swedish, which makes it a ( Read more... )

Where did March go? And April, for that matter? Ah well ( Read more... )

Its a year today, but I really do still miss Murphy like it was yesterday. Best little Irish horse ever, stubborn as sin at times and grumpy too, but with such a heart. I can still see him looking over the side of his stall when I was somewhere else in the stable. Mind you, I don't have any illusions about why; mostly he wanted more treats. But the ( Read more... )

The summary of February's lessons ought to have been done a while ago, but we have had (and continues to have) a wealth of Game of Thrones news to tackle which have distracted me rather completely. I am also finding myself preoccupied with reflecting on my writing, not just for these lesson reports but in general. I feel like it has stagnated, in ( Read more... )

A new month and another Tuesday. What have I learned so far this semester ( Read more... )

Well, that was a bit of a break. A month and a half of no riding reports, in fact, though just two actual lessons missed. First I missed one lesson due to illness and then I passed on a theory lesson because it was so darn cold (we're having the coldest December in 110 years, though for the most part I am loving it) and because we were having a ( Read more... )

Looks like last week's lesson post was misplaced. Together with this weeks its a good example of ups and downs ( Read more... )

Last week we did more of the same canter exercises as the week before, with a few more things going my way. My back wasn't as bad, at least not to start with, and I tried to focus on being decisive from the start. I also tried to remind myself to look out over the horse's outer ear when cantering to get my hips aligned right ( Read more... )