RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Color
One of the first things you notice about living on the plains is that it's kind of... well, plain. There...
NEW BARN RULES
I was at a barn recently, talking to the manager about a client who would be hauling her mule in. ...
Weekly Photo Challenge: A Day in My Life
Live a day in my life, walk a mile in my shoes, before you judge me. Well, judge sounds harsh,...
Lead Mare/ Musical Chair
I’m lucky to have a herd of horses under my care. Some people call it horse poor, but I feel...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense
"There is nothing like a dream to create the future." Victor Hugo. Future tense: You sit here. Anna Blake,...
Sharing Horses with Little Sisters.
Paris and Boots, Photo by Mom. Ah, Spring! When a young girl's thoughts turn to... horses....
Why We Love Them.
I had a philosophy teacher who believed that vulnerability was our greatest strength. I debated her; my shell was pretty...
Weekly Photo (Phoneography) Challenge: My Neighborhood
The sunrise lives at the end of my driveway. To the west, past the Infinity Pond and Pikes Peak, the...
Balancing Priorities
Talk is cheap in the horse world, like most places. We talk about what our horses mean to us and...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details.
It's hard to get lost in the detail on the flat, windy, treeless prairie, the detail here is minimal. But...
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