I got back too late yesterday to do much with Rocky so I hung out in the pasture. And today was intense, four phone interviews for a freelance article plus research plus, oh yeah, “day job” client work. So while I technically could have brought Rocky in to play around dinnertime (mine and his), I didn’t.
Instead, I went out and stood next to him while he munched his hay, and watched the mares sort themselves out.
One of Pat’s favorite sayings is:
Good, better, best
Never let it rest
Make your good better
And your better best
It’s memorable and cute, but what do you do when you’re nowhere even close to “good”? I had to write a “prequel” poem after my educational and triumphant Freestyle session today:
From poor to fair
Almost there
You can only reach good
If you don’t despair
Or maybe I should just go with the Galaxy Quest motto. Never give up! Never surrender!
I feel like I had a day-long seminar in horsemanship. (Principle #7 in action.) Let me see if I can record it here with enough subheads and multimedia to make it skimmable and interesting.
Barking Horse Farm, Costa Rica
Costa Rica's First Parelli Natural Horsemanship Workshop Host and Horseback Riding Treks Since 2008
Rocking Z Guest Ranch, Wolf Creek, Montana
Cattle work, trail riding, and fishing -- Parelli style
GNU Terry Pratchett
(I don't host my own wordpress so can't use the more sophisticated plug-in that whispers the name in the code, but here's my own participation in keeping Terry alive in the clacks)
Horsegirl on a Journey 