Saddle Sore: Straight from the horse’s mouth

Saddle Sore: Straight from the horse’s mouth

A friend who is one of the founders of the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council asked me some time ago if I would write a short autobiography for a celebration their (our) group is having in the near future. Bookshelves around the world contain many autobiographies — some written by famous people, some by others. But I had no idea that such seemingly straightforward writing would be so difficult.  My beginnings in Woody Creek, as a child, my love f…

Back on the saddle: UIUC Horse canters around campus once again

You’re walking home from campus late at night when you hear the faint sound of prancing hooves behind you. You turn around, searching the shadows for the source of the unsettling noise, and catch a blur of brown and white, gone in an instant. Don’t panic — it’s just the UIUC Horse. The Horse entered the public eye in 2020, starting the Instagram account @uiuchorse and trotting around the Allen Hall basement. It has since amassed over 1,500 follo…