Here I am, in the land of Vitamin D! I’m writing this on the balcony of the St. Andrews apartment where I’m staying with my gracious and charming host, Jenn Ward. There is a palm tree less then ten feet from me, and a busy pond frequented

It dawned on me today that I haven’t talked about made fun of any press releases for a while. It might be because I’m just so sick of them. I have never bothered to count the number of press releases delivered to my inbox every day,

Happy New Year!! Sorry for no updates for the last few weeks. I didn’t bring my computer home and I took the last few weeks to just veg out and be with my family. I’m now back in Holland after a fabulous xmas. Hope everyone had a great ho

Chinese new year isn’t technically for another month, but when it does come around I’ll be either getting into trouble in FL or recovering from it and will no doubt forget to wish everyone a Happy Rabbit Year. The Chinese horoscope descri

Tomorrow is Christmas 2010 and I was just sitting here at my ‘magnetic can’t move my as* away from it’ fire, thinking that it will be hard to top 2010 for excitement and thrills. There were certainly highs and lows, but mostly highs

One of the lesser known advantages of living in Canada compared to the US is that we can have fun with our postal codes – you can’t do much with a five (or nine) digit zip code now, can you? I’ll never forget my grandparents’

Vitall is all better now but has passed it on to me. Never the less, I continue to train with coughing fits in between. My boy has been a star since he has been back at work. The first few days back, I just did easy work stretching and work

Canada’s representative to the Young Rider World Cup in Frankfurt next week is Jaimie Holland and her lovely, lovely mare Fleurina. The pair won freestyle gold at the 2010 NAJYRC so they are well qualified for this exciting gig. I’m parti

Well this weekend I won’t be going to Uden anymore to do the practise show. Vitall has a bit of a cold so the vet suggested a few days rest and then light work with some antibiotics.  But earlier this week training went really well and I w

Sheesh! Why do I have to constantly remind people that the blog is where I get to unleash my inner curmudgeon when the mood hits me, even if that’s for weeks at a time every Wednesday? It’s kind of my virtual den or ‘library’