In my weekly blog, “Amateur Equestrian Confessions,” I share the passion and the pain of one of the most endearing pursuits in the world, horseback riding.
In July, we’re repeating a family trip to Prince Edward Island on the east coast of Canada. The boys will golf, and the girls will pick a new beach each day, and although they’ll claim to have enough Anne of Green Gables memorabilia, they’ll end up buying a book or two. I wonder if we are unique in revisiting of the same vacation spot, but it turns out that there are psychological and sociological reasons why so many people choose familiarity over new adventures: Comfort and
