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Photo Challenge & Poem: Story

Standing at his flank, in that sweet curve where his barrel ebbs to the swell of his hip, and gazing...
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Riders Against Bullies

Railbirds. Everyone's a critic. I'm no fun anymore. I can't go to rodeos, a tradition I...
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Horses Are Pessimists

Your horse is a young horse or a rescue horse or the heart-horse of your life. A mare or a...
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Horses: Technique and Art

"Shut Up and Dance" It was written on one of those little tin lapel pins and my friend wore it...
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Travel Blog: Being Here Now

This is the view out the front of my deck: pastures to the ocean. I'm having a rest day, staying...
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Travelblog: Being Here Now

This is the view out the front of my deck: pastures to the ocean. I'm having a rest day, staying...
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Repetition Vs. Consistency

There's a moment, sometimes at the beginning of a lesson or during a clinic, where I meet a horse for...
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The Middle Path: Discipline

"I've noticed that you sometimes seem to take reader requests for your blog, and I was wondering if you might...
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Your Horse Loves Arena Riding

Does your horse have a Night of the Living Dead lurch to the arena? Do you clock in like it’s...
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Middle Path: The Curse of a Self-Aware Mind

We think too much. We're mostly introverts with an inclination toward perfection, and we think too much. Oh, and we...
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