The Slower Road

April 19, 2011

sheer intensity

*gasp* … I missed a day yesterday! Since accepting the “post a day” challenge back at the beginning of January, I had been posting something here every day — for nearly four months — until yesterday. Here’s hoping that yesterday’s miss will be just a momentary hiccup.

For today: a video clip that is actually an ad for FEI TV’s coverage of four FEI World Cup Finals “under one roof,” coming up NEXT WEEK in Leipzig, Germany.

This video clip features World Cup Driving, and some really incredible close-ups and slow-motion photography:

If you’d like to watch live coverage of the World Cup Finals, which are April 28 to May 1, you can subscribe to FEI TV. It’s a paid service, but if you really want to see the exciting World Cup Driving, it might be worth the $9.99 per day.

April 17, 2011

aaand it’s finished (finally!)

Earlier today, I finally finished the May issue of The Carriage Journal. Early tomorrow, I will deliver the files to the printer.

In this issue: keys to preparing a beautiful turnout, carriages of the Princes of Thurn und Taxis, horse blankets and lap robes by Sanford Mills, the Lord Mayor’s Coach, the stallion chosen in 1904 to stand as sire for the U.S. carriage-horse breeding program, and more.

If you’re not a CAA member, and you’d like to find out how to get your own copy of The Carriage Journal, visit the CAA at http://www.caaonline.com.

April 16, 2011

this isn’t really a blog post, but it counts, right?

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I’m STILL finishing the May issue of The Carriage Journal. Yes, it’s 5 p.m. on Saturday. And yes, I’ve been here all day just like a real workday. And, yes, the magazine is really, truly almost finished!

So today’s “post” is more of an excuse, really, as to why there’s no honest-to-goodness blog post today. But this still counts toward my “post a day” goal, I think, so … win!

Next week, I fly to Spain to enjoy a few days there with friends before meeting up with the participants of our CAA trip to Seville. I’ll be blogging as I can while I’m overseas, but the posts may or may not be about horse-related matters. Stay tuned.

April 15, 2011

the May issue of the magazine

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As I’m still ~~hurrying~~ working to finish the May issue of The Carriage Journal, I thought I’d give you a peek at (a portion of) the cover for this issue:

April 14, 2011

that’s a LOT of mules

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CAA members Roger & Sue Murray attended last weekend’s Western Vehicles Symposium in Santa Ynez, California. As one of its live demonstrations, the symposium featured a twenty-mule team.

Historically, twenty-mule teams are perhaps most famous for pulling frieght wagons filled with Borax out of California’s Death Valley.

In this instance (last weekend), the team pulled a number of freight wagons filled with symposium attendees. And Sue made a video!

After the team and wagons look like they’re too far away to see, wait for Sue to zoom in … and then watch for the mule jumping over the chain as the team turns.