One thing that's helping me is insisting each journal is written with at least one short haiku. It's both fun and challenging to distill a single ride into one three line poem, so the process has become something I look forward to. Sometimes I find myself composing lines while I ride, which an enjoyable mental break.
As such, I give you my ride journals from our first full week back in work...
January 30
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Solid work in ring. Dogs join later for trail fun. Deep snow works those joints. |
January 31
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Long ride through deep snow, then a bath, drugs, and clipping. Still needed a twitch. |
February 1
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Spooky basket case, started beautiful and soft, alone, dramatic leaps. So much frantic leaping. Where is my quiet old horse. This shit is real dumb. |
February 3
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Fairy tale mists fell. Forbidding weather portents, hot explosive spooks. Tense and sensitive, Slightest changes upset his, glass case of emotion. |
February 5
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Time limits early rides. Must make a difference fast. Half halts and leg yields. Cheerful red partner, executes with precision. Effective half hour. |
I'm seriously impressed by your haiku abilities! The 'Spooky basket case' one made me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, the spooking made me giggle. Like a school girl.
DeleteThese are awesome! I'm not that creative or good with syllables...
ReplyDeleteI won't lie. I was tapping these out.
DeleteGlass case of emotion!
ReplyDeletelol i giggled at that too. sounds about right!
DeleteThe horse lives in fear of damaging his glass case of emotion. I wish he'd upgrade it to a concrete one... ;)
DeleteHa! See we have one of these too so I laughed pretty hard at this point.
DeleteFitness rides are really hard to blog about, I think you took the most creative route. :)
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks!
DeleteSomehow you seemed to summarize your rides so sharply! I love it
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