On the web:
Horsehubby.com
If you find horses a central part of your life despite never having seriously taken up the pursuit of riding, you might be a horse husband. In the words of Timothy Harfield, a horse husband himself and self-appointed translator of all things horsey for spouses of avid equestrians, “you are likely to feel like a stranger in a strange land.”
Harfield recently launched his blog, horshubby.com, as an attempt to reach the non-horsey spouse, a demographic he sees as woefully underserved. The frequent posts, tactfully and smoothly written from the perspective of a newcomer to the horse world, will be entertaining for riders as well, though. If you happen to be the horsey component of your marriage equation, simply sit back and enjoy Harfield’s introspective and often hilarious posts about navigating life with his wife, Elisa Wallace, a professional three-day eventer.
Titles like “Are you a horse-broken husband?” and “Horses scare the living S#%! out of me” regularly give way to either Harfield’s own discoveries or those of his frequent guest bloggers about what it means to love and support a woman who has horses perpetually on the brain.
The blog will be especially attractive to eventing fans or just fans of Wallace, who has made quite a name for herself in multiple corners of the horse world. She seeks to represent the U.S. internationally in eventing – a goal that is picking up significant speed as of late. She also won the 2012 Mustang Makeover challenge (and with it the hearts of the general horseowning public), and she was recently named to the USEF High Performance Training List.
Sometimes Harfield’s writing is general – “Surviving your first horseshow” – and other times he gives us a glimpse of his marriage – “Elisa Wallace’s favorite Sunday breakfast.”
Either way, Harfield accomplishes his goal of being informative for horse husbands and entertaining for equestrians. Visit horsehubby.com for more information on how to follow the blog (Harfield has Facebook and Twitter presences and a plethora of other options to keep up with his exploits).
