Kwa Heri

This is my last post to this blog, which I am going to delete once I finish writing this. It takes ages for a blog to disappear off blogger though, so I thought I'd write a little goodbye note.

I enjoyed creating and writing this blog, but then a few things happened...my horse got sick. I needed to travel. It started to rain and rain. Then a family illness required me to travel again, and this time for a long time. So I could see my riding goals getting more and more remote and less and less likely. At this point, I will be lucky to squeeze in one or two shows before leaving Kenya at the end of June, and I will be much too crazy busy to properly feed and care for this blog, keep its mane pulled and its hooves polished.

One of the things horses teach us is the critical importance of doing things right. 

I believe I have found the perfect new home and owner for my beloved Joya, of whom I expect great things with a younger and bolder rider than myself. She's so talented, and on the verge of those golden horse years -- old enough to listen, young enough to go the distance.

As my dressage instructor A. says, "Ach, these chestnut mares...but still, she is almost going like a real horse."