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The Pendulum of Change Doth Swing. I’ll Be In the Barn.

It started snowing the night before last and snowed all yesterday. The wind speed was higher than the temperature. That...
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Halloween: Twenty-Five Years on This Farm

It's a special day here on Infinity Farm. I signed loan papers on this property on the last day of...
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The Art of Un-Training a Horse

    The first video is of a Mustang, proud and breathtakingly beautiful. He's a burnished smoky buckskin, with a...
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Grumbling and Stumbling Toward Change

I'm coming up on the anniversary of moving to my farm twenty-five years ago. It coincides with my dysfunctional affair...
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The Long Ear Answer to Humans Doing Everything The Hard Way

"I am not sure why horse people are especially prone to doing things the most difficult way possible, but it's...
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Wild or Tame: Trust Actions Above Words

This is my neighborhood. That's Pikes Peak peering over the horizon, exactly where it was when I bought the farm....
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Nube: The Final Chapter

Over the next thirteen years of retirement, Nube napped with friends, ate well, and stood quietly for the farrier. I...
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Recording the Arc of Your Horse’s Life

The foal's name was Sunny, his registered name Sunbrite Sunset. This photo was taken just before we met. The rest...
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The Home Barn and Separation Anxiety

May I brag? I have that strange career where I travel a lot, see beautiful country as a routine part...
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Nube: What Retirement Means

And so, Nube [pronounced new-bay] retired in limbo. Undiagnosable. Sometimes, the solution for a long-running struggle is to just stop...
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