Yellow cards. I saw a lot of them over the past few days of watching World Cup Soccer (football to any of you out there not from the barbarian lands of NA), and you know what? They looked like they worked pretty well. The odd player kind of shoved his chest at the ref in […]
Last weekend we took a busload to a dressage show in Belleville at Misty Ayr Stables. Selena was doing five tests on two horses and Anne Marie was doing two tests on one horse. They won six out of seven of their tests… however… we have to own up to there being nobody else in […]
This Aaturday went really well in Uden. This test was a real learning experience. I think Vitall and I now finally have our routine down pat and this was the first time he didn’t quit on me. The overall feeling felt great. I was able to keep him forward the whole time and make my transitions […]
I’m a muckraker. Two weeks ago I was called a muckraker by someone. The term has had negative connotations in our society for some years, but I had a dim memory of learning about muckrakers during my university days, and the meaning of the term was rather more attractive than current usage suggests. So […]
OK, so this time a whole month slipped by, I do not know where the time in my day flies to. I just cannot seem to grasp it and make it extend enough to encompass everything I want to do. The days need way more hours. So Solo did not go to Bromont. After coming […]
Contrary to the accusation leveled at me last week that I write only negative things about dressage in Canada, let me tell you what I’ll be doing over the next 24 hours. I am watching the Rotterdam CHIO website with great anticipation and interest over the next few days, because our Canadians over there on […]
oday everything was a sea of orange. It was the first game for Holland in the world championships for soccer, aka football, the proper european name. Vitall and I decided to be festive and wear orange as well today. I went to the local pub with a few of the girls to watch the game. […]
Since I began writing a blog during the 2006 WEG, I have sometimes wondered if I would ever lose sense of propriety and step over a line. Now I know the answer and I’m not feeling so good on this Friday morning. I could just remove the incriminating evidence and pretend it never happened, but […]
Or should I say, DOA again? I shouldn’t complain about the never-ending source of material, but jeez Louise people! This is lunacy. The ‘who’s out’ teaser from last week refers to the five letters of resignation that DC Board received two weeks ago from High Performance Committee members. Oh the ironies! Here is just one. […]
It has been really warm here the past few days and through the weekend. It feels like I’m living somewhere tropical with temperatures between 24-27. Vitall was great all week, it felt like something just “clicked”. I really felt like I had the true feeling of what I have been trying to achieve for the last […]
