As a little girl, I always wanted a pony for Christmas. Santa never brought me a pony. So in my late 40s, I started taking horseback riding lessons. When I turned 50, I got my first horse, an Icelandic named Blessi (Veigar frá Búðardal). Little did I know how much fun life with an Icelandic was going to be. Blessi has a unique perspective on life. I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I enjoy Blessi. And you will probably read about my cats from time to time.
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- Postings
- Jules Verne & Icelandic Horse
- Icelandic Pony in William Morris' Kitchen
- Icelandic Horse Books
- Icelandic Breeding Standards
- Best of Blessi Stories
- Is this trotty, pacey or clear tolt or rack
- MCOA Hereditary Eye Defect in Silver Dapples
- Bone Spavin in the Icelandic Horse
- Laminitis
- Velkomin, Bienvenu--How to translate Blessiblog
- MtDNA Origins of the Icelandic Horse
- Icelandic Horse Twins--A Wonderful and Cautionary Tale
- Using World Fengur
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
2019 New Zealand Icelandic Horse Youth Event
Here are some hightlights from the Icelandic Horse Youth Event held in New Zealand in 2019. Both horses and kids are having a great time.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Carl Sandburg--Riding Horses in the Rain
Francisco Castro Vedella reads "Horses and Men in Rain" by Carl Sandburg. You can be like the heroes of old if you ride in the rain.
Monday, November 11, 2019
"Showdown at the Strand" is a Podcast
Axe versus whale rib. Sword versus blubber. “Showdown at the Strand” is a
retelling of one of the Icelandic sagas using American Western motifs. I wrote this story in honor of the heritage of my Icelandic
horse Blessi. I planned to re-enact hunting stranded whales in
Iceland by horseback around 1020 AD in a Society for Creative Anachronism event. But something happened so I wrote
this story instead.
Chris Herron created an amazing podcast out of this story. You can listen to the whale of a tale at Tall Tales TV, which one of the finalists for a 2018 Parsec Award.
Chris Herron created an amazing podcast out of this story. You can listen to the whale of a tale at Tall Tales TV, which one of the finalists for a 2018 Parsec Award.
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