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Custom-fitted flex panel saddle pads

Let’s enter the world of custom-fitted flex panel saddles pads, updated for 2022. We all want the best for our horses, yet we know that finding the right fitting saddle isn’t as easy as snapping our fingers. And, often we have a saddle that used to fit right or fit another horse, or we just […]

October 2021 | Coming out of the Darkness

The seasons have passed and life has continued under COVID. I live in a small mountain village, so most of this goes unnoticed by us out-of-the-way folk.

What’s your story in 2021?

Ongoing COVID has been the theme – and it’s been a drag for most of us. Was 2020 the worst year ever for you, or did amazing things happen? I hope that whatever inconveniences may have occurred, you still walk and live with your spirits high. It’s important that we don’t get worn down […]

Live your best life -with your chin high.

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” Lyndon B. Johnson.
Let’s dream big, even in these tough times. Together, we got this.

To the Sierra Gorda | Making a Move

This move wasn’t about a journey, a trek or an expedition. It was about survival, setting roots and reclaiming meaning.
The decision had been made months before, that I was going to move from San Juan del Río, most likely in July, to the Sierra Gorda. But COVID-19 changed the timeline and process.

1986 Wesco Highliners | Resole by Botines San Juan

Today I share a story about my old Wesco Highliner boots, the resole job done in San Juan del Rio, MX, as well as an interview and profile of the man who did the fine work, Ponce Moreno Cayetano.

Oh, the times they are a changing…

It’s obvious we are are in great upheaval. But upheaval brings and forces change!
A new future lies in front of us. I feel this future is a different one, in the sense that we can really, really shape the outcome by our actions today.

COVID-19 + Recession = OUR FUTURE???

It’s March 22, 2020. The world has been hit by a virus pandemic – COVID-19; at the same time, oil prices are at the lowest in 18 years, AND a global recession is possibly just beginning…WHAT NEXT???

Getting Roxy Tired | Part 4

Today I’m going to talk about Roxy and her health 2 and a half years after setting off from Canada. I gave Roxy a nickname back then, in the years before I left for Guatemala:
Cocaine…