Writing Horseback

I’ve seen Western styled purses made of hand-tooled leather, but they looked a little too country for my taste. Recently, I came across equestrian influenced accessories from USA designer Rebecca Ray. I love these horse-themed American Couture equestrian bags and totes.   Rebecca Ray sporting lifestyle handbags & totes Founded in 1998, Rebecca Ray is [...]

  If you are a follower of Writing Horseback blog, you know that I seek out horseback riding vacations when I travel.  While I have not attended this particular retreat, it sounded of interest to the equestrian, writer and horse lover on several levels. Who doesn’t love summer camp for adults? This week long retreat [...]

As the suburban rumbles along the Montana highway, we leave Missoula Airport behind us and head for the creek. Fly fishermen world-wide know this blue-ribbon stream of water as Rock Creek, home to native trout. Like a fish heading upstream to spawn, we turn the car off the pavement and crunch up the gravel road [...]

In Flying Change, the author—a son and nephew of Racing Hall of Fame horsemen and accomplished equestrian in his own right—relates the story of his return to steeplechase competition in his late 40s, a quarter-century removed from his previous horse racing career. With humor and introspection, Patrick Smithwick recalls the difficult road from middle-age to [...]

Did you know that author Jack London was fond of horses; particularly Draft horses? Jack London loved horses and included them often in his later writings. During the early 1900′s, when horses were being displaced on farms by tractors and trucks, Jack preferred to rely on horses. At times, he had as many as 50 [...]