I think one of the things that I love about being as far away from home as I can possibly get while still being in this country is that people know me for who I am, not where I came from. And they judge me and accept me as such, for good or ill.

Sometimes, I wish things could be that simple over here.

Yes, you heard me right. I'm looking for the songs that you sang when you were 5 years old. The songs that people sang to you, the songs that you sang over and over again until your parents were absolutely insane. Songs like "Old McDonald had a farm" "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" etc. I've got a kid I'm teaching in our Therapeutic Riding program that I ( Read more... )

I came to a terrifying realization yesterday ( Read more... )

I'm back from India. It was... indescribable. Hood River today and tomorrow, then heading for NC early Monday morning. Should be there the evening of the 17th.

Well, I'm off to India for a month. I'll talk to you all when I return!

I don't wish to grow old. I don't want to hold an impressive number of years in my history, to whither away quietly as the people that I have loved and given my life too slowly slip away. As my memory starts to wane, as my awareness of my surroundings slips through my fingers. As people begin to visit me less and less frequently, because it's so ( Read more... )

I need a chiropractor. Or at least, I'm hoping that a chiropractor can fix me... Today while I was riding the paint mare (whose name is Dotty, but I really can't stand that name) it felt like my spine exploded. Not a fun experience. It started just below the base of my neck and emminated up and down my spine, with a few focus points of intense ( Read more... )

I've always relished the idea of a single. To have a room all to myself while I'm at school. I'm used to having my own room at home, and I wish that I could get a single, but I know that I can't. I look forward to the weekends when my roommate is gone because I get some space just to myself. Don't get me wrong, I love her to death. She's an awesome ( Read more... )

So... I believe my phone is floating somewhere off the coast of Charleston right now. I remember putting it in my pocket when we went out to walk on Folly Beach, and when I checked a few minutes later, it was gone. So I had to buy a new phone today... which sucked. What sucks even more is that I have no phone numbers anymore. So, I would love it if ( Read more... )

We are all such frail creatures...