Now What? (and Other News)
Now is the winter of my discontent. Hurry spring. A post from my other blog. Yes, I have another blog....
Part One: The Strong Silent Type (Of Horse)
I've said it before: While growing up, I saw She Wore a Yellow Ribbon more often than I saw my...
What To Do When Your Horse Is Wrong
It started small. It started the way it usually starts; the rider pulled on her horse's face. It's a fundamental disagreement:...
Photo Challenge: Shadow
I mean to blur the edge, a half-stop between dark and light, of the distance between us. He's walked on from this...
Email Subject Line: "Do I Want a Horse?"
February 2nd, 10 pm, 12 degrees. There was dense fog all day. We didn't see the sun and the temperature stayed...
Energetic Tidiness in the Saddle.
Some of us climb into the saddle and have all kinds of crazy dangerous things happen--right out of the blue. We...
Release: The Unflattering Truth
A few weeks ago, I was standing, talking with a client at the end of her lesson. She was at...
Safety and Being a Spoil Sport.
I'm a riding instructor. Wait, it's worse than that. A riding instructor who has read the small print of her liability...
Riding a Suspension… of Disbelief
Some of us are okay with who we are in the saddle. We don't question the ride, or if we do,...
Negotiating; Not Fighting.
It was last spring when this ancient donkey came to the farm. In the beginning, we thought she might not...
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