Tuesday, May 26, 2015
walking healthy
no matter how Skaterina in her guise as Happy Trail Cat led her life
what with the gin and the pot and the so on
she always ate well. made food that tasted good
and walked a lot bc she always had a dog or dogs
she always looked darned healthy !
even so when she said she wd walk Valencia off the mountain
the MM and the Rancher just stared at her
it was like I will move the Big PIle of Dirt announcement
what did she say ?
they stared
getting DD's horse into the trailer and through the wintry snows
of the La Sals to bring her to the Mesa
had been an event so traumatizing for the horse, the DD, and the
DD's husband that no one, no one at all, ever wanted to do it again
after running loose on the the ranch all summer it was time to bring
her down for winter boarding
Skaterina said I will walk Valencia down the mountain
ride her ?
no
Skaterina saw that walking her down was like herself taking a freighter
back to America instead of a plane
Valencia wd make the transition to open and free to confinement
so
one morning in early October
Skaterina woke up and said this is the day
in November her grandchild was due
it was kind of a trip for getting ready to be a grandma
off they started, Valencia on a lead
she didnt want to go
can you blame her ?
Skaterina was never comfortable with horses
she was never one of those teen girls gaga over horses
in fact she found them a little scary
her only riding experience was when the man who wanted to be a movie star
took her riding in hopes it wd cause a miscarriage
instead, apparently, the bouncy movement attracted the interest
of the embryo in utero
for this little girl turned out to be gaga for horses !
Skaterina finally convinced Valencia to come along
she was gentle and firm and carried a thin willow switch
the road they were on was not a road but a track of slickrock
in the famous to be Slick Rock of SE Utah
it was beyond rugged with steep drop off on one side
looming red rock cliffs on the other
there was one tree
soon they stopped in the shade of this one tree
Skaterina broke out a joint of the finest weed grown there in the mtns.
whew
ah
relax
Valencia looked Skaterina over
they knew each other from home in Topanga
that was that
as they stood there having a toke or two
Valencia reached out and gently plucked the switch
from Skaterina's hand and tossed it aside
then she kinda said in horse talk
ok, pal, let's hit the road
from then on down / all 16 miles / they had a peaceable journey
they were, one might say, bonded and completely together
it was a wonderful day
Skaterina considered it an Impeccable Moment
as in :
" the only freedom is impeccable behavior "
next day they walked 5 more miles through Spanish Valley
to Valencia's winter home
what with the gin and the pot and the so on
she always ate well. made food that tasted good
and walked a lot bc she always had a dog or dogs
she always looked darned healthy !
even so when she said she wd walk Valencia off the mountain
the MM and the Rancher just stared at her
it was like I will move the Big PIle of Dirt announcement
what did she say ?
they stared
getting DD's horse into the trailer and through the wintry snows
of the La Sals to bring her to the Mesa
had been an event so traumatizing for the horse, the DD, and the
DD's husband that no one, no one at all, ever wanted to do it again
after running loose on the the ranch all summer it was time to bring
her down for winter boarding
Skaterina said I will walk Valencia down the mountain
ride her ?
no
Skaterina saw that walking her down was like herself taking a freighter
back to America instead of a plane
Valencia wd make the transition to open and free to confinement
so
one morning in early October
Skaterina woke up and said this is the day
in November her grandchild was due
it was kind of a trip for getting ready to be a grandma
off they started, Valencia on a lead
she didnt want to go
can you blame her ?
Skaterina was never comfortable with horses
she was never one of those teen girls gaga over horses
in fact she found them a little scary
her only riding experience was when the man who wanted to be a movie star
took her riding in hopes it wd cause a miscarriage
instead, apparently, the bouncy movement attracted the interest
of the embryo in utero
for this little girl turned out to be gaga for horses !
Skaterina finally convinced Valencia to come along
she was gentle and firm and carried a thin willow switch
the road they were on was not a road but a track of slickrock
in the famous to be Slick Rock of SE Utah
it was beyond rugged with steep drop off on one side
looming red rock cliffs on the other
there was one tree
soon they stopped in the shade of this one tree
Skaterina broke out a joint of the finest weed grown there in the mtns.
whew
ah
relax
Valencia looked Skaterina over
they knew each other from home in Topanga
that was that
as they stood there having a toke or two
Valencia reached out and gently plucked the switch
from Skaterina's hand and tossed it aside
then she kinda said in horse talk
ok, pal, let's hit the road
from then on down / all 16 miles / they had a peaceable journey
they were, one might say, bonded and completely together
it was a wonderful day
Skaterina considered it an Impeccable Moment
as in :
" the only freedom is impeccable behavior "
next day they walked 5 more miles through Spanish Valley
to Valencia's winter home
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