OTTB Diary

The Many Adventures of an Insatiable Tourist

- When I'm not doing things, I'm writing about doing things-

Things I Write About

I'm a writer, equestrian journalist, and professional copywriter. When I'm not writing for money, I write for fun. Enjoy my thoughts, recaps, and musings here.

Jan 27, 2021
2 min

Four (+) Months of Mia

Last week, just under 4 months after she stepped off the trailer and walked into my life and less than 5 months since her last race, I...

Nov 24, 2020
3 min

Two Whole Months (+) of Mia

Wow. There’s a lot to unpack in this post! We’ve had a lot of learnings in the last few weeks so I’ll just run down the list! Now that...

Nov 9, 2020
2 min

Ladies + Gents, We Have a Right Lead

Something that they don't tell you about new-horse-ownership is that you will realize how awesome your friends are. Since I brought Mia...

Oct 20, 2020
3 min

Happy One Month, Mia!

Reason #745 why I love OTTBs: they're awesome. I mean, not all of them are awesome, I'm sure, but the upside to these babies having had a...

Oct 7, 2020
4 min

Mia: Days 1-17

Time to start recording weekly updates (whenever I remember), so here's a catch-up of Mia's first 17 days with me (it’s random) with a...

Oct 2, 2020
3 min

Introducing: Mia

I'm not going to lie, I wasn't expecting to find a horse so fast. I quickly gave up hope on finding one at one of the Pacific Northwest...

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