My Lesson on a Live Carousel Horse

I rode a lovely carousel yesterday. I went round and round in a rhythmical canter. One. Two. Three. One. Two. Three. One. Two. Three. Gently moving to the unheard song. My carousel horse’s name is Carter and he’s my coming six-year-old Thoroughbred. We had a lesson on the lunge-line yesterday. It was tremendously helpful. It…

Finding my motivation

Yes, I Googled it.  I found 1568 quotes about motivation. None seemed to do the trick. One of my Facebook friends posted one that read “the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” From Walt Disney. Appropriate. I guess I was a little successful today. I re, re-located my home office…

Discipline, Dreams, Success and Steffen Peters

Steffen Peters is one of my dressage idols. One of his quotes is my mantra and is my desktop background so I’m reminded of it daily. To audit one of his clinics, was a dream. To be chosen to train with him would be one of my greatest accomplishments. I’m not there, yet. However, I’m…

Enough Time.

I thought when I left my career that I’d have all this free time available to me. After all, hadn’t I spent the last 26 years working 50+ hours a week? Clearly, I would have time. I don’t know where the time goes. I find myself struggling to keep up with the stuff called life. …