It's Not Only About Trees -- Lessons on the Sliding Scale of a Lifetime

Living longer than all your animals offers lessons on aging (and living).

ISF, Farm Managment, Livestock/Pet ManagmentSusan Mora-SchraderApril 29, 2024Cutting Flowers, Farm management, Teddy Roosevelt, Lifespans, Ducks, Chickens, Horses, Dogs Comment

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Riding Trails, Christmas Tree Growing, Cutting Flower FarmingSusan Mora-SchraderMarch 26, 2024Christmas Trees, Cutting Flowers, Horse Lodging, Trail Riding, Farm managementComment

Planting Begins — With Inspiration from Teddy and Leslie

Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is a chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

ISF, Christmas Tree Growing, Farm ManagmentSusan Mora-SchraderMarch 26, 2024Christmas Trees, Cutting Flowers, Farm management, parks and rec, Leslie Knope, Teddy Roosevelt Comments

Morocco -- Tea and Kindness

The most lasting impression of Morocco — Kind people, open smiles, and delicious mint tea.

International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 19, 2023Morocco, Kindness, Tea Comments

Morocco -- Saharan Storm

The Sahara welcomes us with two very different storms.

International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 16, 2023Morocco, Berber, Amazigh, Deserts, Sahara, Camels, Sand Storm, Desert Rain Comments

Morocco -- Entering the Realm of the Amazigh

Moving south into the land of the ‘Berber’

International Travel, Historical Sites, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 15, 2023Morocco, Berber, Amazigh, Deserts, Sahara, GladiatorComment

Morocco -- Marrakech

It takes more than a 6.8 quake to knock Marrakech out of its groove

Riding Experiences, International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 14, 2023Morocco, donkeys, Marrakech, earthquake Comments

Morocco -- Out of the Desert

Finding gratitude through physical challenge

Riding Experiences, International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 11, 2023Morocco, Endurance Riding, donkeys, call to prayer, Atlas Mountains, thoroughbred racing Comments

Morocco -- The Reckoning

Life is work — finding the balance in endurance riding

Riding Experiences, International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 10, 2023Morocco, Endurance Riding, donkeys, call to prayer, Atlas Mountains, thoroughbred racing Comment

Morocco -- The Crux

Why do we do these things to ourselves? The word DEAD should not appear on an itinerary unless you are nuts.

Riding Experiences, International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 9, 2023Morocco, Endurance Riding, donkeys, call to prayer, Atlas Mountains Comments

Morocco -- Rena and Mama Blue

When a small woman and a big truck become your world.

Riding Experiences, International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 8, 2023Morocco, Endurance Riding, donkeys, call to prayer, Atlas Mountains Comment

Morocco -- Sirocco Symphony

The sounds of a journey into the low Atlas

Riding Experiences, International Travel, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 7, 2023Morocco, Endurance Riding, donkeys, call to prayer, Atlas Mountains Comments

Morocco -- A Dusty Treasure

A wind in the past promised. A Moroccan horse delivers.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 5, 2023Road Trips, Trail Rides, Connecticut Comments

Connecticut -- Compromise, It's What's for Lunch

Connecticut walks a fine line between New York and New England.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 31, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, ConnecticutComment

New Hampshire -- Ride Free or Die

Finding riders that also believe rules are for stupid people.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 28, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, New Hampshire, Live Free or Die Comment

Maine -- Count of Days Lost in the Cadence of Their Stride

Acadia calms us with the cadence of their stride.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 26, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, Maine, Acadia National Park, Carriage trails, GaitsComment

Days 5 and 6 -- A Wanderer Settles

My wandering soul finds a place that immediately feels like home.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 23, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, Vermont, Settlers, The Bunkhouse, Green Mountains Comments

Day 3 and 4 -- Foodie Heaven, Hampton in the Hills, Heart of History

New York gives us much to consider — divine pizza, snobbism, and the nature of revolutions

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 22, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, New York, Catskills, Saratoga Springs, Pizza, American Revolution Comment

Day 2 -- Goosekiller in the Catskills

Lessons of a sage gooseherd applied in the Catskills

Riding Trails, Riding ExperiencesSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 20, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, New York, Catskills, Geese, Hungary Comment

Day 1 -- Just Like Budda, the Un-Blue, Balls or No Balls

Musings on getting ready, war, and testicles

Historical Sites, Riding Trails, Trip Prep and Logistics, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 19, 2022Road Trips, Trail Rides, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Civil War, Horse Breeding, SNL Comment