Plus ça change…
As I was heading from one photo opp to another on the Wednesday of Grandparents Days, gymkhana field to lacrosse, I left a scene I’ve watched too many times to count: adoring, amazed grandparents in...
View ArticleComing back to earth
It’s nearly 3 p.m. when we lucky seven pull out of the mouth of Horn Canyon and, a few minutes later, into the pack station, our ten horses bone-weary from six days on the trail, covering 65 miles or...
View ArticleStart of a New Year
I can’t believe it has been over a month that I have been at Thacher. So far, things have been really great. Starting the year off camping at Golden Trout with my prefect group was an awesome...
View ArticleOnly at Thacher
As I sat with a mug of tea, I looked up at the surrounding mountains, the smoky air, and my horse, tied to an oak tree. We had taken a trail ride into a meadow to eat Saturday brunch, one of those...
View ArticleFrom Golden Trout to the Gymkhana Field
As I write this I stare up at the spider web connecting my ceiling to the flag I have tacked to my wall. The intricate threads spiral into the middle, until they finally cease. This makes me think of...
View ArticleIEA x2
Every year we have 5 Interscholastic Equestrian Association horse shows. This year four of them are in February over the course of two weekends. One is in the Los Angeles area and the other is north of...
View ArticleThacher New Years Resolutions!
Happy 2013! A year ago today everything was different; I lived back at home in New Jersey, I was still in the eighth grade and the possibility of attending any boarding school was unbelievably...
View ArticleBiophilia & pass the marshmallows!
Snow and sand — lots of Thacher students and faculty sped off to mountains or seashore (or points slightly closer by) this past Friday and Saturday for a night or two away. Thanks to the efforts...
View ArticleMy Journey to Thacher
I grew up hearing about my dad’s boarding school exploits on a regular basis. It used to be a family joke that he’d “send us to boarding school” if we did wrong. Over the years, though, he began to...
View ArticleGymkhana Season Begins!
With our return to campus came the return to the Horse Program for a good many of our students. After riding our horses back from Pasture (an area on the other side of the valley) on Wednesday and...
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