Friday Friday Friday! So glad it is Friday, and equally glad that I have now completed 99% of my christmas shopping and I don’t have to brave the crowds this weekend. Also, I made peppermint
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Somehow, every year, I feel like the space between Thanksgiving and Christmas gets smaller and smaller, and each year I resolve to not get caught unawares without preparation, and each year I’m flabbergasted when it
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Hello to you all and good Monday morning! I’m delighted to officially join the EN Team, fans, and readers on this wild ride. I wrote a bit for EN when it first began in 2009,
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I love awards season! There’s nothing more delightful than pictures of everyone all decked out in fancy clothes with giant smiles and fabulous prizes. The USEA Convention may be at an end for this year,
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With the holidays right around the corner, I should probably get on all of the shopping I need to do. It’s hard though, I keep finding things I want. I have a personal rule of
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Yesterday I went fox-hunting on a young Thoroughbred mare who thought it was quite exciting indeed. She settled at the end, and I think she will get better, but today, I am considering taking an
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I’m a big fan of the November and December vacation for my horses, and I think it’s a big part of why they come out refreshed both mentally and physically each spring. However, both of
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As much as we need the rain, I wish there was a way to schedule it for “during my work hours” rather than “on my weekend.” The biggest bummer about rainy weather is that it
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As much as I enjoy holiday smells like Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas trees and hot cocoa, there are a few that I like way more. A fresh truckload of alfalfa is definitely in my top 10,
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This weekend will certainly be a weekend for riding-tights rather than breeches. If I even make it out to the barn, that is. We’re supposed to get a massive amount of rain which may well
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Holy Turkey Hangover!! I’m surely not the only one who is feeling a little sluggish today after an exciting and exhausting day of family, friends, wine, and lots of stuffing with gravy. Those of you
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Happy Turkey Day, y’all!! Much of the east coast experienced the first snow fall of the season, which pretty much solidifies the feelings of the holidays. My hat is off to those riders who persevered
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It was certainly one of those weekends where I feel like I need to go to work to recover from it. I stayed out far too late last night at Tack Warehouse’s annual barn party
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For a time, I taught riding lessons at a barn that was very much oriented towards beginners. While I was there, I made a lot of friends. Most of the riders who were there when I was
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Happy weekend, EN! Dana wrote in to let us know about some excitement happening at the Jumping Branch Schooling Horse Trials in Aiken. Organized by property-owner Julie Zapapas, JBF is really a fall destination event for
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The above photo is related to my feeling right now, which is related to the recent weather changes. Every year, the first few weeks that it gets really cold, my body first becomes super hungry,
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[Insert generalized winter weather complaints here]. But seriously, you guys. I’m pretty glad that I don’t live in New York right now, as places like Buffalo just got hit with record snow fall, while I’m
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All I have to say is WOW. What an interesting weekend. I normally associate the last event of the season with plenty of double clears, some happy move ups, and the occasional first show out for
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Saturday was an interesting day at Fresno County Horse Park. I don’t know if it is just the end of the season or lots of green horses and less experienced riders, or maybe some sort
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The weather in Northern California has finally started to turn. Growing up in the Monterey Bay area, the skies were always grey and the temperature always perfect. That grey has made it’s way out from
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Horses like selfies too! Riding in the winter can be pretty awful a lot of the time, so it’s important to figure out ways to have fun with it. Apparently if you live in New
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It’s happened: Virginia has seen its first snow forecast for the fall of 2014. I am tentatively NOT going south this year, but actually already regretting it. Yesterday was 70 and beautiful, and then in
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According to my weather app, today is the last warm day for the foreseeable future. 70 degrees today, followed by the rest of the week in the low to mid 30s. Wonderful. I suppose we’ve
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