My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I was thrilled to read that Equine Ink was named 11th in the top 100 equestrian blogs, a ranking compiled by Feedspot, a webiste that ranks blogs according to search and social metrics. I started writing Equine Ink back in 2008, just as a way of finally writing about something I love (I write many […]
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Is Susan Friedland-Smith the Bridget Jones of the equestrian world? Certainly, her new memoir, Horses Adored and Men Endured captures the same humor (albeit with a decidedly more Christian slant) in her description of bad dates on the search for Mr. Right. If you’ve read Susan’s blog, Saddle Seeks Horse, I’m sure you’ll enjoy her […]
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Zelda has always been a big horse with an even bigger personality. Lately, she’s been telling me that the World deserves to hear her point of view. So I gave her an Instagram feed. Of course, she named it Zelda the Magnificent, because she is, indeed magnificent. Zelda invites other horses (and their humans) to […]
Read MoreThis post from Anna Blake, is hands down, one of the best I’ve read about the balancing act between horses (or any pets) and money. As someone who is self employed, I’ve always faced the conundrum of either having no money, but time to ride or no time to ride, but enough money to have […]
Read MoreI love this article at Horse Listening: 20 Ways Horse Riding Becomes Life Itself. There are many lessons that I take away from my equestrian activities — one of the most important is that progress is incremental, but sticking to it achieves results. Not just in your riding, but in every aspect of your life. […]
Read MoreThe WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for Equine Ink. You can read some of the stats here. Thanks to everyone who visited Equine Ink! Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 260,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at […]
Read MoreThanks to one of my readers, Edward Caton, who responded to my post about Freedom cribbing on the fence posts, here’s an excellent way to hot wire your paddock. If you click on the photo or the link it will take you to the blog posting, Enough is Enough on My Equestrian World. I will […]
Read MoreWell, actually you can only vote once, but you’ll enjoy doing the research. The finalist for the 2013 Equestrian Social Media Awards were recently announced and you have until February 8th to cast your vote. Of course, the awards are for more than just blogs — but that’s what I find the most interesting. If […]
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