Photo & Poem: Her Return

  Lawn chairs got tossed, doors banged and windows rattled. She came back late, maybe even drunk. When I ventured out just before sun up, the ground was damp, small twigs and branches littered the picnic table. A surprising barrage of bird chatter; it’s been so quiet without them the last months but they were … Read more

Subtle Abuse: When Aids Become Weapons.

My client’s mare is lovely; a very well-bred athletic horse. When my client bought her, the previous owner suggested my client get a cowboy to ride her at first, she needed spurs all the time and the horse was ‘mare-y‘, whatever that means. I get a little mare-y myself at the suggestions. My client decided … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective

Edgar Rice Burro is born for free jumping. I know, suspend the disbelief. No whips or spurs, just equine excellence! Appearances are deceptive: There is a magnificent intelligence just under that huge brow, but no one is more playful than Edgar. On this morning, he’d been running laps and jumping for ten minutes before I … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned

ABANDONED…..NO MORE! Not the Corgis…Me. I’m no longer abandoned in the bathroom, ostracized in a tiny damp room that smells of soap and lotion. No longer doomed to brief moments of loneliness and tragic solitude in this, the most dangerous room in the house. Being a Rescue Dogs, Walter and Preacher Man stay ever alert … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes

Three photos of two horses. Power. Sweetness. Intelligence. The closer they get, the better. Siblings Nubè and Clara, Iberian Sporthorses. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro prompts to share our micro life here on the Colorado prairie. My photos are taken … Read more