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Too Much Excitement
Yesterday's lesson was...exciting, courtesy of the temperature (-10). Most of the horses were on their toes and that definitely included Barka. I do get a bit nervous when a horse is tense and it feels like you're sitting on top of the horse instead of sitting into it. That usually leads to me tensing up and then the horse tenses more and, well, ( Read more... ) -
Back on Barka
Time to give this another go, without putting any demands on myself to do it every week. But I do miss doing my lesson recaps and for a good while, at least, they did seem to help me improve as well ( Read more... ) -
The End is Here
A Memory of Light, the last Wheel of Time book, is out. It feels really, really strange, and -- unfortunately -- not in a good way. There's nothing wrong with endings being bitter sweet, but in this case, I feel a lack of closure.
Before A Song of Ice and Fire took over mine and Elio's life, the Wheel of Time had a huge place in it. In fact, we ( Read more... ) -
Mynta the Fjordhorse
So far, the new semester has gone well. It was off to a really good start on lovely Barka (alas, she's now resting, having strained herself coming off the summer grazing with a bit much extra weight), and then I had some great dressage lesson on Nelson and Blacky and a very good round of jumping on Nelson. He's really become very co-operative and ( Read more... ) -
A Big Deal
I took most of the summer off from even glancing at the various blogs on the site, but since the new semester at the riding school started this week it might be time to get back to some posting. Especially since this week's lesson was a big deal, to follow up on the big deal that ended last semester ( Read more... ) -
Crushed by Success
So. Westeros.org is presently a bit like one of Stannis's men at the Blackwater: screaming, flailing, covered in flames ( Read more... ) -
It Wasn't a Puppy After All
I think I’ve finally managed to come up with an adequate comparison to illustrate the depth of my disappointment with the second season of Game of Thrones ( Read more... ) -
On "The Song of Achilles"
I really ought to write a proper review, but with everything being so busy right now, I don't feel as if I can collect my thoughts enough. But I do need to write something.
This Friday, Elio and I picked up the Kindle edition of Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles on a recommendation from a friend. Now, retellings are a sensitive business for ( Read more... ) -
From Myth to Reality
I haven't horseblogged in ages, but I am currently having a major procrastination phase (my Master's thesis may turn into my dissertation proposal or I may switch my basic idea for the dissertation from horses in Greek myth and religion to Roman horse racing or possibly even defixiones) so I am finding all sorts of things to do, bouncing from one ( Read more... ) -
Male & Female Authors
A few days ago, Kate Elliott and Katherine Kerr both posted on their LJs about women and fantasy. Now, gender issues aren't perhaps my favourite issues, but this time the subject caught my attention because I do think we've seen a frustrating development of fantasy in the last decade. Male writers write more and more "macho" stuff (gritty, violent ( Read more... )