3/8/2010
It has been way too long since I last posted. So much has occurred, Karen has been diagnosed with cancer that has wrapped around the great vessels in her chest, I had a 3 week bronchitis that consumed an entire case of Kleenex, the rain has been unrelenting and now my daughter has the flu. No excuses, just a really miserable month.
But I write today of the future and with the grace of God, of a goal I will obtain, the 2011 XP Pony Express ride. This once a decade ride covers 2,0… Continue

The outdoor arena. It looked safe enough. The sand was soft and deep. What could go wrong?

But then, I was riding the 4 YEAR OLD. The very tall (15 hh for pete's sake!), very bendy, very agile, 4 YEAR OLD. The one that tossed me last fall and sent me to the ER. She's very mellow, very sweet, and actually very slow right now (a bit porky from the winter...), but that's not what's in my head. In my head, is the fresh memory of being fine one second, and the next hitting very hard

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Too much snow, too cold, and Achilles tendonitis have kept me out of the saddle. I have hope that the weather is changing and that the mild torture of physical therapy will have me feeling like Annie Oakley. The horses are getting bored too. The cattle next door are beginning to look interesting to them. But enough whining. We live in Ohio which means that one day the furnace is pumping and the next day we have the air conditioning running. Spring is sometimes as short as a single afternoon Y

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set to 14th of march at sunrise from Loosdrechtdreef 9 in amsterdam (Prins Willem Alexander manege) ....
visit http://tepaardnaarsintpetersburg.nl
Sint Petersburg here we come!

Hi Lynda

Just a message to say hello from an old mate in Australia.. Dave and I often think of you and wonder how you're going. We are now living in the country (about an two hours drive from Melbourne) and looking after our three animals... It was wonderful to find your entry on the Endurance Net and see that you are back riding again. Would like to catch up with you.

Judy Coombe