Weekly Photo Challenge: TRIO
"You knew we were dedicated to fighting the forces of evil when you hired us." This trio of highly motivated...
On Women, Bravery, and Being Old Gray Mares
Do you have a mentor? Someone you respect who's just a few strides ahead of you, and when they go...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory
Victory: Every day that I get to stand right here. (Passion is the easy part. Living with it is the...
The Grandfather Horse: When Animals Have Pets…
I have a bone to pick with my Grandfather Horse. He stole my goat. It's hard to complain. Spirit's been...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate
An autumn shrubbery, ornate as a paisley tapestry, is gone on the wind, Rustling ahead of a polar flip toward...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful
Be careful to listen; careful to draw close on navy blue nights. Let the clouds be a nearness of spirit...
Health Insurance and Horse Dreams
Foot surgery this Friday--it's like preparing for a trip that I don't get to take. All the stress of canceling...
Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra)ordinary
(Extra)ordinary: Maybe it's a choice; just a fuller way of embracing the ordinary. If we keep our eyes fresh and...
On Being an Old Gray Mare With Chronic Lameness
It's a shooting pain. Usually my foot is brick-tight and I can't bend my toes. When I do manage to...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place
It's no surprise--my Happy Place is always with the herd. Here's the Grandfather Horse. I'm hoping winter will be kind...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries
Arthur is very pleased to note that I have placed 'goat nests' in the runs. And if that isn't enough,...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid
A fence is a grid of separation. It's used to keep some of us inside and to keep others of...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic.
The best barn cats are monochromatic; they blend in. Unobtrusive lurkers, they're the color of dirt, hay, and shadow. A...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Connected.
Most of us see herd dominance as a line--alpha to the "bottom." It's a limited one-dimensional view. When was...
Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle
Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day.
Living on the prairie isn't romantic. You always know the very worst things are just around the corner; there's always...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy
It can feel creepy riding on the rail sometimes. It could be a feeling of foreboding. Dread almost. Something isn't...
Singleton Dreams: Shedding in the Bedding
These are the dog days of summer--long and extreme. Not the kindest summer, either. My extended horse family has suffered...
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