Jun 20, 2024 | Patti's Blog
[Feature image photo credit: Me, of Rachel Lodder and Dakar, who I would follow almost anywhere. Pine Tree 50 2019.] I have always considered myself a namby-pamby endurance riders of sorts. I’m not the least bit competitive, although I do love going as fast as...
May 11, 2024 | Patti's Blog
No one’s life should be defined by their tragic death. But that’s what happened to my Mom. So let’s get that part out of the way: Thirty four years old. 1974. In the passenger seat of a Chevy Vega with only a lap belt. At an intersection four miles...
Mar 17, 2024 | Patti's Blog
I affectionately call Iggy “Boomerang Boy.” I gave him away twice during my divorce, and both times, he came back. I tell myself he was meant to be my boy. He’s a quirky fella, mostly cheerful and a little crooked. He’s the type who...
Sep 26, 2023 | Patti's Blog
Sometimes I’m convinced I’m getting softer and more woo-woo when it comes to horses as I get older. I wish I had another lifetime ahead of me to learn about them, or that my 56-year-old body and mind had the fearless and athletic approach of my twenty-something self....
Sep 4, 2023 | Patti's Blog
I have a difficult relationship with myself, my body specifically. Some parts more than others. I can’t think of many women who don’t. Before and during my divorce, I lost a lot of weight, first intentionally, then less so. A combination of ditching white...
