Shorts and Snippets

  • Whirlwind

    Whirlwind

    You guys. Where is 2015 going?? I blinked and half of April went by. I think of blogposts I want to do each day but just don’t have time to write them! I tend to focus too much on what I haven’t done as opposed to what I’ve accomplished in any given time frame. For example,… Continue reading

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  • Perspective

    Perspective

    This blogpost was originally called “A Hellish Week,” because at first, that’s exactly what it was in my head. When I went back to read some of what I had spewed onto the paper (screen?), words written with irritation and anger and sadness, it became very clear to me which one of my wolves I was… Continue reading

  • Reeling

    Reeling

    These past 48 hours have done a number on me. On Sunday night, my mom called me with horrible news. Being a mom, she immediately prefaced her horrible news with, “He’s okay, but…” My little brother, who was just released from an 11-day stay in the hospital in January after being treated for serious blood clots,… Continue reading

  • The KonMari Method & My Spring Cleaning Mission

    The KonMari Method & My Spring Cleaning Mission

    IT’S HIGH TIME I return to blogging, I think. It’s fun to document things that are important in my life at the time for me to reflect on in the future. One quick side trip, though: I’ll say right now I’ve noticed I have a tendency to filter which things I post online. For example, I like… Continue reading

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  • My Job: What It Means To Be A Rancher

    My Job: What It Means To Be A Rancher

    ALL THROUGHOUT COLLEGE, I was groomed to enter the 9-to-5 workforce the moment after I walked across the stage to grab my diploma. My peers and I were taught in a special class how to write the resume, nail the interview, impress the big boss. All the professionals were brought to clue us in to… Continue reading

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  • I Can’t Make This Stuff Up

    I Can’t Make This Stuff Up

    [Insert random kitty picture here.] I’ve wanted to write another blog post for a while. Tonight I forced myself to take a night off of school because I feel like my life has been really weird lately, and in order to cope with it I had to do what I do best: but my words… Continue reading

  • Sonora

    Sonora

    Sonora is my 11-year-old sorrel paint mare that came into my life on December 16, 2014. I didn’t intend for her to become my horse at first, but she certainly did. The Saturday before I met her, I was at work when the owner of Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary came up to me with a concerned look on his face.… Continue reading

  • Head Over Heels

    [tldr version is at the end of this blogpost] (I listened to this song today, hence the title of my blogpost. I think it’s appropriate here, honestly.)  ~ Okay. So several months ago I wrote a rather depressing post about how life as a college graduate sucked. To recap, I complained wrote about how I couldn’t find a job,… Continue reading

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  • New Places and Spaces

    The other day I and several other volunteers over at Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary went with our friend to check out an absolutely gorgeous property just down the road. Our soon-to-be newest addition still lives there and we all wanted to check out his home. We weren’t disappointed. The place was 11 acres and had… Continue reading

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  • A Lesson of Love

    A Lesson of Love

    I’ve been around horses for seven years now, and they still teach me new things each and every day. A bit of background: I have been volunteering at my second home, Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary, for five years now, and since June I have been out there at least four or five times a week… Continue reading

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