My Pretty Show Pony (AKA Sadie) has won 3 ribbons in 2 outings this show season!
First and Third place at her first "real" dressage show...
Seventh place at her second "real" horse trial...
I'm so proud!
And maybe that's why I haven't written anything lately. I've been too busy getting ready and stressing out over shows. Every time I go to a show I wonder why the heck I do this to myself. It adds about 15 hours of chores to my already outrageous amount of horse chores. It makes my digestive system do funny things for the whole week before hand. The day of the show it makes me feel like I might die (perhaps exacerbated by previous show-related near-death experiences). It makes my mouth so dry and cottony that I almost gag. Sounds fun, right?
But it is! When it's all over. There's this nice adrenaline rush. There's the exhiliration that goes with reaching a goal, or getting closer to it, or learning what I need to do next time to do a better job of it. And sometimes there's ribbons to show for our efforts.... but it's not about ribbons. Really. It's about fun. And learning. And challenging myself.
So, here's to the next show and torturing myself!
But the Culprits are so cute!
Horse Girl Exposed
- Erin
- I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College of California, a BA in Literature from University of California, Santa Cruz, and a teaching credential (English, World History). I taught high school English for 7 years and still occasionally teach a section of college level Composition. All of which is to say, I've read all kinds of writing, at all different stages of the writing process, and from all sorts of writers. One of my greatest pleasures is helping another writer clarify her vision and finding ways to highlight the strengths in her writing. I am currently working with an agent to sell my first novel, a work of historical fiction. My second novel (also historical fiction) is brewing. I also write a weekly book review column for Horse Nation (www.horsenation.com) I specialize in fiction, especially historical fiction, literary fiction, and women’s fiction, but have experience with romance, YA, suspense/thriller, memoir, and academic writing as well. I love writing with strong female characters and a distinctive voice.
3 comments:
Congratulations!
But let's be honest, it's all about the ribbons.
I'm thinking the wife and I should start giving out ribbons to each other whenever the other does well at being a husband/wife.
Of course, I would have no ribbons and the wife would bully me into giving ribbons to her for things like her not yelling at me when I'm being a Goofus.
But I digress.
Ribbons rock.
And so do you!
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