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It used to be, way back when I rode horses every week, people knew better than to start talking to me about them.
Luckily, I had a job as a trail guide, so if given the opportunity, I could talk the ears off whomever I was riding with.
Me and Shadow, circa … I’m going to say 1985
When I moved away from my job, and Shadow eventually went to the great glue factory in the sky, I stopped riding altogether.
It became increasingly unlikely that anyone would ask me about riding or horses, so for a while, I had nothing to “go on about.”
Then I got an editing job with a story that included a ranch with horses.
I got my mojo back.
And probably over-explained a lot.
But it was a nice opportunity to get me started for a while.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:30 pm
cool you rode horses Linda! I never knew that about you! Getting that editing opportunity must’ve been a fun one. X
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January 11, 2026 at 11:09 am
It was so much fun to edit a book with horses. So many memories to explore. 😀
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January 10, 2026 at 6:36 pm
A lovely picture Linda
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January 11, 2026 at 11:07 am
Thanks, Sadje! 🙂
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January 11, 2026 at 11:41 am
You’re welcome my friend
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January 10, 2026 at 5:01 pm
two horse thoughts…when I was a young kid my parents would take me to the local Edmonton rodeo, one year I got sicker the heck….turns out took I think 4 rodeos to find out I have allergies!..the only thing I remember about two of them was little joe and hoss..if you’re old enough to remember a show bonanza you might know who I’m talking about….way later in life we used to sneak into the barns near our horse race track…looking back I have no idea how we got in…no one said anything, no one challenged us…lots of big big horses…and yes, I spent the rest of the day in bed sick as a dog, but it was worth
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January 11, 2026 at 11:07 am
My allergies were more about the hay, the weeds when I was out riding – I didn’t care either. I worked for a while at a thoroughbred stable mucking out stalls. They are massive horses! And not very well-behaved, either.
And yes, I remember Bonanza. 🙂
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January 11, 2026 at 11:12 am
that’s cool, ended up for me is pet dander, so apparently I could have a pet poodle, um, nope……I liked the huge horses. there was/is a place in BC called Fort Steel I got to watch those huge huge horses plow a field….and weird thought, when we lived in Kamloops there were horses in our ‘hood, in fact a small yard right next to our house (zoning I guess wasn’t a big deal) ….
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January 10, 2026 at 4:57 pm
What a cool job that must have been. Being horse crazy myself when I was younger it would have been a dream job. Glad you had the experience of it and you have some wonderful memories. Shadow was a beauty! 🙂
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January 11, 2026 at 11:02 am
It was my dream job! In fact I did it for about a quarter of what was minimum wage at the time. I didn’t care—I got to ride every weekend!
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