Mulography

14th September 2018

Xato and the Reason I Got Scared

If you’re a regular to the blog, you’re probably aware that I have a plethora of Not My Proudest Moments; an awareness aided by my oddly masochistic compulsion to share...

7th September 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Birthday Weekend

I turned 32 on Monday (not 33. I spent the entire day thinking I’d turned 33 until Ben mentioned my actual age that evening; I thought he’d forgotten how old...

31st August 2018

Maultiertreffen 2018

  Mules have introduced me to a lot of cool new experiences; from work opportunities like the magazine, to awesome adventures such as the International Pack Animal Meeting (or Säumertreffen) which...

17th August 2018

Mules in the Assyrian Empire

A couple of months ago, a friend of mine shared some photos that she had taken during a visit to the British Museum in London. A large stone relief in...

10th August 2018

My Top Ten Quotes from Frontier Army Sketches

I recently stumbled across a collection of essays entitled “Frontier Army Life”, by James Steele. Steele was a Civil War veteran and some of his literature may be considered problematic...

27th July 2018

Advice for New Mule Owners

On a couple of occasions lately, I’ve found myself wishing I had a single page of advice to direct new mule owners to; all the Mule Tales have specific newcomer...

20th July 2018

Xato and the Joe Wolter clinic, part three

Xato and the Joe Wolter Clinic Part Three: Three Things I Learnt By Riding With Joe Back in April 2017, Ben and I took our Practical Animals (aka Iris and...

13th July 2018

Mule Tale: Cocoa

Mules have great longevity, as shown here by Kelsey’s adorable forty-six-year-old boy, Cocoa! Isn’t that a fantastic age to have reached? Cocoa lives in America, and I asked Kelsey to...

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...

29th June 2018

Team Half-Ass and the Photoshoot With Equine Photo Design

Facebook followers of Mulography and Horsemanship Magazine will no doubt have already seen a few teaser images from the photoshoot we did a fortnight ago with Anita of Equine Photo...