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...
Aug 28, 2023 | Patti's Blog
Purchased photo by the fabulous Becky Pearman. Highland 100 finish line. Steven and Alayna Hay on Mu and Ivan. 5th place. “No one is as old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.” (Henry David Thoreau) Becoming an elder in your tribe just sort of sneaks up on you....
