7th December 2019 Team Half-Ass and the Massage A few weeks ago we were working both mules in the arena. There was nothing amiss, and at the end of the session Ben dismounted and stood next to Xato...
10th November 2019 Team Half-Ass and A Cob Named Joey After Iris died, Ben decided he would get another horse but he would take his time about it. He wanted a youngster, something unbacked or recently backed – a clean...
6th September 2019 Blog Hop: 12 Tough Questions I stumbled across this blog hop by Alberta Equest earlier in the week, and due to an astonishing lack of originality decided it would be fun to answer and post...
3rd August 2019 Team Half-Ass and a Farewell to Iris We said goodbye to Iris on Tuesday. The story has played out over Facebook but I haven’t written about it here, so this will be a very long one. If...
22nd June 2019 Team Half-Ass and the Day In The Life I didn’t do a blog post last week as I was very busy and drawing a blank when it came to potential topics. This week was no better, but partway...
12th April 2019 Marty and the Fifth Gotcha Day Marty (and my ensuing mule obsession) came into my life five years ago, on April 13th 2014! I’m very glad he did, although there have certainly been times when I’ve...
15th March 2019 Team Half-Ass and The Move (part two) Team Half-Ass and The Move Part Two: The Equines Almost three months to the day since Ben and I moved out of our flat (see Part One here), we finally...
21st December 2018 Team Half-Ass and the End Of Year Round-Up ❤ Another year draws to a close! ❤ The main things that happened in 2018: Marty had some man troubles in March. Ben spent a lot of time working on Xato’s steering...
26th October 2018 Marty and the Mood Diary Last week, I had friends visit Wednesday lunchtime. I was surprised by how mellow and friendly Marty was when we arrived – four hours earlier, when I’d done morning chores...
7th July 2018 Team Half-Ass and the Track System Update The last time I wrote about our track system attempts was back in May last year. Towards the end of the year I abandoned the track idea because it was...
