A Good Seat is a series of companion guides for curious travelers who ride — reading history on horseback.
Most guides tell you what to look at. This series shows you what there is to see — the history of the ground, its people past and present, the horse that carries you.
When I booked an eight-day horseback ride in Tierra del Fuego, I couldn’t have told you much about what was ahead. I knew the dates, I’d done the packing, I was saddle-ready — but I had no real idea about the place we’d be riding through. And I wanted to know more. My best friend calls me the “But, why?” girl.
That question has traveled with me all along my unlikely career path: as a professional ballet dancer, a Wall Street securities analyst, a doctoral student in American history, and a criminal justice reformer. Despite their differences, one thing has held true — I am always certain there is more to see, just beneath the surface.
It’s the same on horseback: whether I’m schooling my dressage horse in a California arena or tölting through Iceland’s highlands, I still want to know more.
I started A Good Seat to speak to a community of like-minded riders — in a sense, I write these guides so I can read them. The conviction behind the series is that the better you understand a place, the more you’ll get from the ride.
The first guide is for an eight-day ride in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of Argentina. From the destruction of a beech forest, to the silence of a valley emptied of its people, to the hardiness of the Criollo, the region’s history is written into the land. That’s the story I tell. Each guide is designed for you to read before you go and carry along the way.
You can buy that guide right now, or subscribe and get it plus every new guide I release.
Whether you’re on horseback or at home on your couch, I hope you’ll come along for the ride — it’s a good seat.
