Table of Contents
Preface: The Wild Horse in Us ix
Book I The Walk (Fet) 1
2004
Getting Lost 3
In Search of the Perfect Psylur (Hot Dog) 9
The Land of Oz 13
Horse History 15
Arrival at Thingeyrar 18
The Guests in the Guesthouse 26
Where I Want to Be 30
2005
Repeat after Me: Hvammstangi 36
Eve's Life 42
Tern, Tern, Tern 46
The Herd 49
A Thin Place 55
2006
The Wind in Those Places 60
Book II The Tölt 67
2007
A Reykjavik Night 69
Mothers and Daughters 72
All the Queen's Men 75
The Kingdom of Horse 79
The Day Lisa Found Her Tölt 81
The Saga of the Bulls 83
Next Year, Iceland 89
2008
Horsewomen of the World 91
Book III The Trot (Brokk) 95
2009
The Situation 97
What We Carry with Us 99
Sylvie in Love 102
The Herd Changes, the Herd Charges 106
Stallions and Mares, Oh My 109
Starting Horses 113
2010
Annus Horribilis 119
Snaefellsnes Revisited 123
Herd Instinct 126
Life Style Envy 132
Next Year, Iceland 135
Book IV The Canter (Stökki) 139
2011
Ask for Canter 141
All That Is Missing 143
Gift Horse 147
The Truth about Elves and Trolls 152
Next Year, in Iceland? 157
2012
But the Sheep Réttir 160
We Went Some Places 168
2013
Welcome to Iceland 171
Ridiculous Women 176
The Nights of Magical Thinking 179
The Sisterhood of the Ridiculous Women 181
In Which We Order, Dish Out, and Leave 185
Raptured 190
Book V The Pace (Skeid) 199
2014
The Road to Thingeyrar 201
Wild River 204
About Those Ghosts 209
My Iceland Thing 216
2015
Getting Iceland 220
Learning to Fly 223
"Petta Reddast" (Life Will Work Out) 227
Finding Our Way 232
The Golden Summerland of Thingeyrar 234
Epilogue: Locked Gates and Lost Places 236
Acknowledgments 241
Reading Guide 243