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Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and Adventure
After a severe horseback riding accident in 2011, journalist and author Marjorie Simmins finds herself unable to walk. During the slow months of recovery, Simmins replays a lifetime of memories related to her beloved horse companions and the adventures they shared. Finally back on her feet, she makes a bold and surprising decision: she will ride again, in a discipline that is new for her, and she will even compete in a horse show—her first in 42 years. Vancouver-raised Simmins decides that 2014, the Chinese Year of the Horse, is her time for a comeback. Exhilarated but nervous, the former hunter-jumper of modest ability commits to full-time training as a Western rider.

Dynamic and lyrical, Year of the Horse shares the heart-lurching highs and lows of a 55-year-old horsewoman determined to put the pain behind her and to create the sunniest of futures with new, extraordinary horses in it. Onboard Winnie, a dazzling quarter horse palomino, she grows stronger and more capable again. The mare challenges Simmins and pushes her to the edge of her emotional and physical limits.

Simmins' initially modest goals take fire and she finds the support of a whole new horse community across Nova Scotia. These individuals welcome her, with a warmth that reminds her of the vibrant horse community of Southlands in Vancouver, where she rode in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. Year of the Horse is written for every horsewoman or -man who's had a serious setback and never lost the love of the sport, or the animal. It's for every person who at some point has had a serious physical or emotional injury and said, "I can't heal, I can't go forward" and then did.

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Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and Adventure
After a severe horseback riding accident in 2011, journalist and author Marjorie Simmins finds herself unable to walk. During the slow months of recovery, Simmins replays a lifetime of memories related to her beloved horse companions and the adventures they shared. Finally back on her feet, she makes a bold and surprising decision: she will ride again, in a discipline that is new for her, and she will even compete in a horse show—her first in 42 years. Vancouver-raised Simmins decides that 2014, the Chinese Year of the Horse, is her time for a comeback. Exhilarated but nervous, the former hunter-jumper of modest ability commits to full-time training as a Western rider.

Dynamic and lyrical, Year of the Horse shares the heart-lurching highs and lows of a 55-year-old horsewoman determined to put the pain behind her and to create the sunniest of futures with new, extraordinary horses in it. Onboard Winnie, a dazzling quarter horse palomino, she grows stronger and more capable again. The mare challenges Simmins and pushes her to the edge of her emotional and physical limits.

Simmins' initially modest goals take fire and she finds the support of a whole new horse community across Nova Scotia. These individuals welcome her, with a warmth that reminds her of the vibrant horse community of Southlands in Vancouver, where she rode in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. Year of the Horse is written for every horsewoman or -man who's had a serious setback and never lost the love of the sport, or the animal. It's for every person who at some point has had a serious physical or emotional injury and said, "I can't heal, I can't go forward" and then did.

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Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and Adventure

Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and Adventure

by Marjorie Simmins
Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and Adventure

Year of the Horse: A Journey of Healing and Adventure

by Marjorie Simmins

Overview

After a severe horseback riding accident in 2011, journalist and author Marjorie Simmins finds herself unable to walk. During the slow months of recovery, Simmins replays a lifetime of memories related to her beloved horse companions and the adventures they shared. Finally back on her feet, she makes a bold and surprising decision: she will ride again, in a discipline that is new for her, and she will even compete in a horse show—her first in 42 years. Vancouver-raised Simmins decides that 2014, the Chinese Year of the Horse, is her time for a comeback. Exhilarated but nervous, the former hunter-jumper of modest ability commits to full-time training as a Western rider.

Dynamic and lyrical, Year of the Horse shares the heart-lurching highs and lows of a 55-year-old horsewoman determined to put the pain behind her and to create the sunniest of futures with new, extraordinary horses in it. Onboard Winnie, a dazzling quarter horse palomino, she grows stronger and more capable again. The mare challenges Simmins and pushes her to the edge of her emotional and physical limits.

Simmins' initially modest goals take fire and she finds the support of a whole new horse community across Nova Scotia. These individuals welcome her, with a warmth that reminds her of the vibrant horse community of Southlands in Vancouver, where she rode in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. Year of the Horse is written for every horsewoman or -man who's had a serious setback and never lost the love of the sport, or the animal. It's for every person who at some point has had a serious physical or emotional injury and said, "I can't heal, I can't go forward" and then did.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781897426906
Publisher: Pottersfield Press
Publication date: 02/07/2017
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

An award-winning writer and journalist, Marjorie Simmins divides her time between Nova Scotia and British Columbia. Author of the popular memoir Coastal Lives, she teaches memoir writing across Canada. She shares her life with her husband, writer and filmmaker Silver Donald Cameron, and she plans to write forever.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

1 Year of the Horse 14

2 The World Before Coqeyn 29

3 Nizzeyn's Coqeyn 36

4 Outdoors Again 53

5 Going Up With a Fight 81

6 The Mounting Block 90

7 Re-Entry 101

8 Summer 2014 108

9 Level One Western Rider 127

10 Autumn 2014 133

11 Country Christmas Party and Housewarming 138

12 Yoga and Riding 145

13 Trust 148

14 Awakening 158

15 Plans and Milestones 162

16 In Search of a Lost Wahoo 175

17 Slower Than Molasses Spring 189

18 Southlands Characters - Barns, Horses, and Humans 197

19 Good News and Good Luck 219

20 Becoming a Show Team 223

21 The "Tommy Clinic" 237

22 Summer Camp 246

23 The Roseway Stables Summer Show 250

24 The Heritage Championships 264

25 Country Wedding 283

26 Then, Now, and Always 286

Afterword 292

Horse and Pony Cheat-Sheet 296

One Horsewoman's Library 300

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