Several weeks ago, I started talking horses with a woman I’d just met and she told me about a horse game she’d witnessed on a visit to Kyrgyzstan. I’d never heard of it and was immediately intrigued and decided to do a bit of digging (thank-you Google). Continue Reading
When the weather’s nice and the water is calm, Rodney and I often consider going for a paddle. And every six months or so, we drop our crab trap in the water in the hopes of snagging some Howe Sound Dungeness Crab. We know there’s crab down there because we find claws and other dead-crab debris washed up on our beach. Actually our dogs usually find the dead crab debris first and either eat or roll in it. Nevertheless, this would seem to be evidence of crustaceous life in the waters off our beach. Continue Reading
After attending the Paul Dufresne Training for Courage clinic put on by Evergreen Acres in March, I realized how rarely as adults do we put ourselves into situations where we’re being critiqued for an extended period of time. Continue Reading
My father worked for CP Air in the 1970s,when their marketing tagline was “Orange is beautiful.” Clearly their strong marketing practices had a permanent influence on me, as anyone who knows me will tell you that orange is my favourite colour. After several years of living with a boring white-carpeted, white-walled bedroom, I decided to brighten things up a bit and add some colour. Orange colour, of course, among others. Continue Reading
It lasted only two days, but the depth and breadth of material presented at the Equine Education Conference on January 21/22, 2012 made it feel more like an intensive college session. There were around 300 attendees from across BC, from barn managers to breeders, recreational riders to competitive athletes and even those who were brand new to the horse world. Continue Reading
Not sure yet what's going to go in here. Some writing and arts I suppose.