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The Best Reasons to Stop Riding

  I think I've heard all the clichés about change that I can stand. At a certain age, we don't...
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Photo Challenge: H2O

A thread flows affirming life with a humble reminder we’re only nests made of frail twigs, stray hairs, a cooled...
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The Fine Art of Cantankery.

I've had a hard time acting my age. That's not it, exactly. It's more like I'm straddling the Grand Canyon...
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A Trailer of One's Own

A horsewoman told me that, at sixty-three, she was the proud owner of her very first horse trailer. I let...
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Money: If Wishes were Horses…

"How much does a horse cost? Do you have to be rich to own one?" I can tell you how...
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Rescue: Training the Things We Take for Granted

Lethargy. Sweltering with a non-specific stickiness. Flies. More flies. Dilly-dallying. These are the wilting Dog Days of Summer, named for...
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A Lesson about Squeamishness and a Donkey.

Look, it's a selfie of me mucking last week. I like to get an early start in the summer. Over...
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Beyond the Fence Line.

I have a neighbor, a couple of properties to the north, who brings his cattle home to calve each spring....
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime

Dinnertime sounds of peaceable chewing; a rhythm of family such as we are. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge...
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