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Exciting News for Book Lovers and Friends!
Hello my friends! I have some exciting news to share. I’ve just launched by author website, Heather Wallace, Author. Equestrian. Entrepreneur. Ta da! I don’t want to distract from Bridle & Bone in any way. This blog and my massage business (and partner!) are incredibly important to me and I’m not leaving anything behind. While I have a mix of dog lovers and horse lovers reading (thank you), I want Bridle & Bone to keep it’s focus on the animals rather than my writing. For some time I wanted a website that focused on being a writer. The Equus Film Festival and connections I have made there simply reaffirmed that…
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Riding Ambition
Confession time: I am ambitious in life. Ambition. It’s a tricky word. I consider myself extremely ambitious but only with certain aspects of my life, like my business and my writing. I have big plans and goals to which I am working toward every day. I am always working to improve myself and have the utmost confidence in my abilities. But why then, do I struggle with riding ambition? Confidence is a problem that I’ve struggled with my entire equestrian life. It ebbs and flows, and I let a lot of outside influences affect how I feel. One day I’m flying on air because my horse and I are in…
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Horse Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide
Rather than a traditional holiday gift guide, I’m giving insight into what I’d like to receive most as a horse lover and rider. I’m not one for celebrating Christmas in July, but I do love the holidays. Now that Thanksgiving is wrapped up it’s time to focus on my holiday shopping. With three daughters, they certainly boost the holiday cheer and bring additional excitement to the mix. There is something about the music, the lights, and the preparations that put me in a hectic, but happy place. Although who doesn’t have a Bad Moms Xmas moment at some point? Honestly holiday shopping for my rather large family gives me anxiety.…
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Excitement at the Equus Film Festival
The weekend began rainy and cold, but it didn’t stop equestrians worldwide from converging on Midtown New York City for the 2017 Equus Film Festival. This was the first year in the new event space at the Helen Mills Theater and Event Space. Exciting Equus Film Festival Artists, authors, and filmmakers with a passion for horses brought a little bit of country to the Big Apple and we rocked it. The Equus Film Festival is summed up best by their website: “Our festival has been created to highlight and award the diverse and creative efforts of those who artistically pay homage to the horse. The festival empowers storytellers to show…
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White Stallion Studio, Pyrography and Pet Portraits
As most equestrians know, the horse world is an incredibly small community. Barn owners, staff, and riders all see each other at horse shows, tack stores, sell horses amongst each other, and move from barn to barn. Go to a Grand Prix and you will find top level riders completely approachable and walking amongst the crowd, taking care of their horses with their grooms, and even watching the competition. So when my daughter’s trainer posted a gorgeous custom piece of art on Instagram about her horse and dog, I was really intrigued. I loved the level of detail. I asked her about the artist and put it aside to contact…
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Creating the Perfect Equestrian Discipline
Aren’t There Enough Riding Disciplines in the World? Perhaps. Have you ever felt that you didn’t quite fit in to your riding discipline? Maybe it’s just me. Either way, thanks for listening. There are so many equestrian disciplines: English vs. Western they run the gamut. What if I want to be in all disciplines and yet none of them? Some Background About Me My barn is primarily a hunter/ jumper facility. Confession time: I don’t have a burning desire to jump courses. I do like to jump a little bit, and find gymnastics especially fun. I like flatwork exercises and would love to learn dressage because I…
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The Things That Make Your Horse Go Hmm……
Horses are unbelievably amazing animals. But they are instinctive and sometimes prone to spooking. Sometimes at the silliest things. What makes your horse go hmmm? Last night as I was laying down to sleep I remembered something from the day’s ride and started laughing. Delight and I were riding in the indoor as the weather was iffy and thunderstorms looming. I’m not afraid of rain, and Delight isn’t fazed by thunderstorms, or much at all. As we trotted by the pigeons outside the window flew up and Delight pinned his ears and warned them away. We were dying! Some horses would get spooked in this scenario. But not Delight.…
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A Very Horsey Halloween
‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. In fact another season entirely, autumn! What can be better than horses and fall? A horsey Halloween! For this month’s blog hop I am writing about my favorite Halloween tradition. Is there anything better than fall colors? The crunch of leaves underneath hooves, meandering through the wooded trails. In the distance, I spot a doe lazing in a grove. No more flies, no profuse heat. Just a beautiful day in nature. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. This October has been better than most. I turned the big 4-0. My book, Equestrian Handbook of Excuses (<- affiliate link),…
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Copyright Infringement: The Blogger’s Boogeyman
I don’t want to rant. Nope, not gonna do it. But in the spirit of Halloween I want to address a scary problem for blogger’s everywhere. Copyright infringement. I am a professional blogger, freelance writer, and photographer. As such I spent a lot of time, effort, and money to do what I love. In return, I may be paid by a company or brand to give my honest opinion of a product. I spend long days using these products and writing about them. Countless hours are spent photographing and editing horse shows, events, or products for my reviews and for marketing campaigns. Attending conferences and paying for my equipment. This…
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Lessons to be Learned
The hard truth is sometimes we don’t get what we want, or what we think we deserve. This weekend my daughter had a horse show at the Horse Park of New Jersey, competing against a number of therapeutic riding facilities. In truth, Cameron is a horse show mentor for me in many ways. She puts a lot of focus and hard work into bettering her riding, and her confidence is astounding. More, she has very little show nerves. So when we woke up the morning of Cameron’s 9th birthday and she readied for her competition, I thought- wow, she’s amazing. This thought continued on through the day as we…
Equestrian Author and Podcast Host
