I have had some mighty falls. I had one where my physio said that one of my vertabrae [at the top] was, in his words, a little knocked out of alignment. I had one where the bruise took two weeks to come up, it was so deep. That time I got knocked out? That was …
Ooh!
So my Monday instructor thinks I can manage the dressage test that's coming up at Festina at the end of May, and that I should compete. I ask: 'Do I have to get the clothes? I haven't got the clothes.' She didn't think so, but then I thought, What am I thinking??? — I am …
I Bought Horse at the Flughaven
SORTA I didn't see one horse the whole time I've been in Berlin [long weekend], just one shaggy pony in a field on the way in to city centre, last Thursday. There were horses in the statue atop the Brandenburg Gate; I imagined myself, in a giddy moment, cantering down the road itself through [past?] …
What Is This Colour?
I've got this bruise on my forearm, and again, harking back to the art school thing, I should be able to put my finger on what it is. My arms have been rather colourful since I've been wearing the body protector [am i doin' it rong?] — I generally get them on my biceps, naturally …
Happiness Is…
REMEMBER THAT?* A key to a locker! I had had hopes for a tack box — the proposal was mooted, and then shot down, because if everyone found out that I had a tack box, then everyone would want one too, which is indisputable, because if I heard that a schoolie like me had a …
Air Conditioning
We were cantering over poles at X, preparatory to jumping, and as I returned to my spot to stand with Delilah, I felt like the saddle was... sticking to my butt? I stood in the stirrups and reached around, to the consternation of my teenaged lesson-mates. 'I think I've sprung a leak!' I shouted, and …
Well, Hello!
I swung around the side of the barn and headed for the door — and there he was! Rebel! Waiting in the aisle for his post-holiday pedicure. I kind of squeaked, 'Hey!', and his ears went up, and his mane was a mess, and he let me give him a good scratch. I got a …
Oh… Hello…
I'm too embarrassd to check out when was the last time I checked in. But, here I am! Still not done with the memoire-based essay book proposal, gotta finish the second sample chapter [on falling; I believe I could write an entire book about that at this stage], and have been sort of hoarding words …
Distractinated
ISN'T A WORD, BUT IT IS A STATE OF MIND I've gotten a little distracted lately, and have been wallowing in a state of distractination for the last wee while. Nothing has distracted me from my four lessons per week, and nothing could. I was offered a press trip, and okay, I had some conflicts, …
New Shoes
REBEL HAS THEM And he wasn't nearly as excited as I would have been. Plus: pedicure! Ah, well, he's no metrosexual — despite being a gelding and all.
MANY BRAVE FOOLS 