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Grumbling and Stumbling Toward Change

I'm coming up on the anniversary of moving to my farm twenty-five years ago. It coincides with my dysfunctional affair...
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Wild or Tame: Trust Actions Above Words

This is my neighborhood. That's Pikes Peak peering over the horizon, exactly where it was when I bought the farm....
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Nube: The Final Chapter

Over the next thirteen years of retirement, Nube napped with friends, ate well, and stood quietly for the farrier. I...
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Recording the Arc of Your Horse’s Life

The foal's name was Sunny, his registered name Sunbrite Sunset. This photo was taken just before we met. The rest...
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The Home Barn and Separation Anxiety

May I brag? I have that strange career where I travel a lot, see beautiful country as a routine part...
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Independence, Liberty, and My Personal Shining Sea

It's officially mucking-in-a-muumuu weather here at Infinity Farm. The horses all stand in the barn's shade and watch me fling...
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Overthinking an Undomesticated Budgie

A bright blue flick of movement, almost too small to see. White feathers spark the light, even more startling than...
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Unusual Behavior Isn’t a Training Issue

It's time for my annual announcement. Your horse doesn't have a training problem. It isn't a brain tumor, and he...
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An Affirmation of a Life Shared with Animals.

It's springtime in the Rockies. The time change was last weekend, so I'm waking up at three am now, but...
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Resolutions and Horse Dreams

It's the twilight zone between holidays, meandering like a long, slow-motion hangover. I have no idea what day it is...
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