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Photo Challenge: Textures

August 7, 2017 by Anna Blake

No way to be useful.

Categories Edgar Rice Burro, Donkey Universe, Farm Poems, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags #longearwisdom, Donkey, guardian, surviving equals wisdom Leave a comment

Part Three: Riding Above Fear

August 29, 2019August 4, 2017 by Anna Blake

Only go as far as the beginning of anxiety and pause…

Categories Back in the Saddle, Growing confidence, Horses/Equestrian, Relaxed and Forward Dressage, The Art of Riding Tags #fearanxiety, advice for frightened horses and riders, Fear, healing anxiety Leave a comment

Photo Challenge: Satisfaction

July 31, 2017 by Anna Blake

Pausing at Dusk

Categories Farm Life, Farm Poems, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags #embracingchange, #lovethislife, 2017 photo challenge, dusk Leave a comment

Things to Not Say When Someone’s Horse Dies.

October 8, 2021July 30, 2017 by Anna Blake

I’ve been tinkering with this essay since my Grandfather Horse died five years ago, but it would have been ungrateful to post it then. People were truly kind and part of it was my doing. I wrote a memoir about him, and strangers felt they knew him. Since then, two horses and two donkeys (including … Read more

Categories Horses/Equestrian, Relaxed and Forward Dressage 46 Comments

Part Two: Now I'm Afraid

August 29, 2019July 28, 2017 by Anna Blake

Editing fear.

Categories Back in the Saddle, Growing confidence, Horses/Equestrian, Relaxed and Forward Dressage, The Art of Riding Tags #fearanxiety, afraid of horses, facing a challenge, making friends with fear Leave a comment

Dysfunctional Fetching and an Anniversary

July 27, 2017 by Anna Blake

Are you doing what you thought you’d be doing at this age?

Categories annablake.com Tags #amwriting, #writingbooks, change, playing fetch badly Leave a comment

Photo Challenge: Unusual

July 24, 2017 by Anna Blake

Canter out.

Categories Farm Poems, Relaxed and Forward Dressage, The Art of Riding Tags #ridingwell, 2017 photo challenge, canter, dancing with horses Leave a comment

Part One: My Horse Betrayed Me.

August 29, 2019July 21, 2017 by Anna Blake

The price of our words.

Categories Back in the Saddle, Growing confidence, Horses/Equestrian, Relaxed and Forward Dressage Tags #leadwithcompassion, Calming Signals, horse behavior, how horses think 142 Comments

Photo Challenge: Collage

July 17, 2017 by Anna Blake

Superimposed instant

Categories Farm Life, Farm Poems, Relaxed and Forward Dressage, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags 2017 photo challenge, Breath is connection, sharing an eye Leave a comment

Common Sense about Horse Communication

July 14, 2017 by Anna Blake

It’s not that kind of conversation.

Categories Calming Signals, Horses/Equestrian, Relaxed and Forward Dressage Tags communication, horse's senses, listening to horses Leave a comment
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