A Story of Addiction, Dysfunction, Codependency… and Horses
Hmmm, can't immediately recall when this was (too lazy to for a trawl through the posts), but it's a while ago — cannot imagine getting Cathal round a course of 80s at this stage... *** We didn't jump on Tuesday, and we didn't jump on Saturday, and I woke up on Sunday wondering, Do I …
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This will stand, I think, as my annual IWD greeting. Delilah figures largely in Many Brave Fools, so even more fitting, then. When going over the proofs I came across the part where I was talking about how I had gone to back to riding her after an injury, because I wasn't 100% and couldn't …
Early on in the book (not really much of a spoiler), I recount my first day on the yard, a neophyte, unsure of where I should be or what I should be doing. I was so intimidated by the whole taking-a-horseback-riding-lesson thing that I wandered around in a daze. I spotted a clutch of girls …
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Another blast from the past. We were thwarted by fog last week: it was so thick the 7 o'clock lesson had to leave the lower arena and work indoors, as did we at 8. The fog started creeping over the half doors toward the end, it was pretty creepy. Did we stop? We did not. *** …
Awwwww... so glad I blogged, it's like having a family album. This is my old Saturday routine and while I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy about it, my journey to the yard is much easier these days! *** OCTOBER 2006 I get up. I leave the flat in good time, to do some errands in town, …
Here's post from 2012. Once, I arrived back on a Tuesday morning at stupid o'clock, took a nap, and went up for my lesson. Once we were mounted, one of my pals said, 'Didn't you just get back today?' and I was like SHHHHHHH — I was sure my instructor would tell me to go …
Love this question... In your book you follow your evolution from green horse girl to competitive rider, often focusing on the frustrations and the falls along the way. What is important about recognising your perceived failures as you set yourself this new set of challenges? Unlike the rest of my life, whether it be in …
BLAST FROM THE PAST Here's a post from 2015; my reaction to Chris Pratt's 'dino whispering' is still strong. #LOL *** 'WHAT DID I JUST SAY?' As a media professional, I should probably know more about Jurassic World than I do, which is mainly not much, which is because I squealed and jumped and hid …
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