Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, Where to Go, tagged athletes, Beijing, competing, equal, Equestrian riding, excitement, games, Greece, Olympics on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The Olympic Games is the ultimate level of competition.”
–Russell Mark quotes (Australian Athlete. b.1964)
Nothing gets me more excited every four years than the summer Olympic Games. The most memorable one was when they were held in Greece (my family’s country of origin) in the year 2004 (the year of my H.S. graduation). And now they [...]
Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, tagged cure, emotional, humble, normality, ride, understanding on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A canter is a cure for every evil.
~Benjamin Disraeli
When nothing else seems to go right, when my emotions run up and down like a roller coaster, when no one else seems to understand, nothing is more soothing, or more humbling and brings me back to feeling like a normal person is a good ride.
Lesson Learned: [...]
Posted in What to Smile at, tagged enjoyment, LotR, love, saddle, time, worth it on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
~Winston Churchill
“All that we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us” (Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring). I can not thing of a more better way than to pass the time that is given to us [...]
Posted in What to Play, What to Think About, tagged camp, campers, children, counselors, feelings, heat, Missy, riding, treatment, workout on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.”
~Yiddish Proverb
The farm I work at hosts a summer camp for children. We generally use our three smaller horses; the favorite is a small chestnut pony named Missy. Everyone loves Missy. Everyone wants to handle her, wants to ride her, wants to feed her, [...]
Posted in What to Play, What to Smile at, What to Think About, tagged bathes, fears, horses, love, personality, special, unique, unpredictable, wonderful on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[Holden, Catcher in the Rye]
Horses are wonderful. They are careful, they are mysterious, they are crazy, they are playful, and they are unpredictable. They are just a wonderful creature and it takes a special person to love them and work around them.
Lesson learned: Not everyone can stand to hand wash a horse on a bucket-fearful [...]
