Animals, not people. On disability representation.
So! Let’s talk disability representation and this GoogleDoodle. Like why are there animals, not people? Why do we sanitize the disability experience, making it cute (because yes horse in a curling sled is cute) instead of giving realistic drawings of, you know, the actual disabled athletes we will be seeing over the next week at…
Voila, Representation!
I will confess, in a moment of weakness I hopped onto the Voila craze. And I like it, because it’s the first avatar type thing that still looks like me. I have a long abandoned Bitmoji hanging around somewhere. I have an Apple avatar thingy, unused. I have a Facebook avatar that never sees the…
Motivation, comparison and all that fun stuff
“Comparison is the thief of joy”Teddy Roosevelt So, it’s strange. As a rider, especially as a rider with a disability, I work hard to not compare myself, my progress, what I’m working on to others. But, making the barn switch has exposed me to more. More people. More horses. More higher level riders. More expectations.…
Season Finale Worthy
So, it happened again. Moebius syndrome ended up on television! Actually it did not end up on television, a really bad imitation of it did. It puzzles me that writers and medical advisors will go out of their way to “discover” these wonky diseases, then do a terrible job at them. See her eyes? They…
You need to bounce to sit
The sitting trot is not a passive action. You can’t sink into it, you push into it – that rhythm, than down action – it’s percussive, it’s powerful. And weirdly enough, it’s now doable. But first. Piggles and I had a kind of embarrassing failure of a last outing in June, he planted his feet…
Dressage-ing
Spent this weekend spectating at the Golden State Dressage show and CPEDI, watching all kinds of wonderful horses and riders, and making my paradressage classification permanent! I also tried my hand at some equestrian photography, I love photography although with fine motor and vision issues… my results may vary! I clearly need to figure out…
Portland, I mean… Portland?
(Next to Normal reference. If you haven’t listened through the show and are at all interested in mental health issues and musical theater, do yourself a favor and listen.) So yeah, did Portland in April. It was cold, it was wet… but family, Moebius stuff… AND A LLAMA!
Year of the Pig
Goals are funny. I’m really not a competitive person, but I certainly am goal oriented. I think it helps me… focus? Or something like that. So goals: Piggles and I are aiming to ride the Grade II Novice A test at the ginormous Rancho Murieta CPEDI 1* in June. It’s big, it’s fancy… and the…
What is my vision, and do I have a plan?
Sometimes I do. Hopefully more than not. Little snippets from LA in October, kind of summing me up in one swoop – #LibraryLife, a museum trip to the Broad, and an Idina Menzel/Josh Groban concert!
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