All about award-winning author Julie Gianelloni Connor
Description: *For walkers, riders, drivers, bikers, skateboarders, and others; it's the attitude, not the method of locomotion
*For walkers, riders, drivers, bikers, skateboarders, and others; it's the attitude, not the method of locomotion
Growing up way out in the country, on a plantation being run as a cattle ranch, I lived an isolated life. The other nearby children were all boys. As an introvert, my “tribe,” my go-to support group, consisted of books, my dog, and horses. Being able to saddle up a horse and go for a long ride anytime I wanted to do so was wonderful. Flying down the main plantation road at a full gallop, my heart pumping and adrenaline surging, gave me a thrill in a way nothing else did. As a rider, I was fairly fearless, a
My previous recent posts have set out my plans to repeat a Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, but this time on horseback, and to train over the summer of 2021 in order to get ready for that horseback Camino. While I’d done almost no riding since my mid-30s, and certainly no very long rides, I was confident in my ability to ride. I understood horses. I loved them, but I also respected them. In the flight-or-fight division of animals, horses are in the flight category. If something scares them or startles them, t
All about award-winning author Julie Gianelloni Connor