After my first three blasts of amatsu, I'm now down to a visit every month or so. I reckon I should have called in after flying off of Ruby, but I was so relieved that my brain wasn't dripping out my ears, and that I could still do simple maths, that I figured everything was …
With the Ade of Lucoz
BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!* I had forgotten about Lucozade. The bubbly orange energy drink is an old standby as regards the morning [the entire day] after, and whilst not in the same league as Red Bull, 380mls of it can get one through a low energy day. It is positioned as a sports drink, …
Today Fortnight
...which is a lovely phrase I certainly never uttered in my American life, but FYI: my first novel, Drama Queen, will be available for delivery on 4 September, here, and at good bookshops, er, maybe not everywhere, but definitely in Ireland and the UK. This 'shameless self-promotion' thing seems to be working. Ah, also FYI: …
I’m Really Not Going to Go Riding in Paris
I'm really not. The Club Hippique website is quaintly translated into English, and the number of forms that need downloading before you can even set your foot in a stirrup is mind boggling. Or not, if you know anything about French bureaucracy. A nice portmanteau word, that: bureau and crazy. I think I'd investigated this …
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I Really Don’t Need New Boots
I just need to take better care of the ones I've got. Because I haven't taken the best care of them, the toes are separating a bit from the sole. I don't clean them properly either; despite the crazy wet weather, even during the winter, I haven't had to scrape off mud and poo and …
Maybe I Shoulda
...brazened it out in the middle of the field. Maybe not. All the other snappers had lenses as long as my leg. Ah, the Committee Stand. It was gas.
Horse Show Mantra
I DO NOT NEED NEW BOOTS I do not need new boots, I do not need new boots, I do not need new boots... Even though I had gotten off the 130 to head for the 7, I was feeling equivocal about going to the horse show again. I had had quite a lot of …
Sensory Overload
I thought, since I'd done this last year, that I'd be better prepared for the equine avalanche that is the Dublin Horse show. I was wrong. I didn't hit the Royal Dublin Society [RDS] — a huge, sprawling expo-type place — 'til around noon, but that actually made it more intense, more people everywhere, a …
Burning Questions
'Are you going to the horse show?' Yes, I am. 'Are you going shopping?' Yes, I aaaammmmmmm! The Dublin Horse Show kicked off yesterday, and I'm working my little fingers off to meet my deadlines, and get there tomorrow, and go shopping! New jodhs! New boots! A new hat! And a comb and brush to …
Ridin’ Strange
DATELINE: BATH, ENGLAND It simply wasn't going to happen. I couldn't not go to a new place and not try to go for a ride. I hadn't succumbed when I went back to the States in June; anyway, I'd already been. But I had yet to ride in England, and despite having to go over …
MANY BRAVE FOOLS 