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.

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When Horses Ask For Help

She is a woman of a certain age. A retired wildlife biologist who wears Crocs when weather permits, and muck...
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Thanksgiving Traditions: Both Light or Dark, Please

  Over the river and through the woods, To grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry...
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How the Farm Says Thank You. (Audio)

Happy Thanksgiving from Infinity Farm and The Gray Mare Podcast.
... Relaxed and Forward Training by Anna Blake...
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The Pendulum of Change Doth Swing. I’ll Be In the Barn.

It started snowing the night before last and snowed all yesterday. The wind speed was higher than the temperature. That...
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Halloween: Twenty-Five Years on This Farm

It's a special day here on Infinity Farm. I signed loan papers on this property on the last day of...
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Can You Afford a Pet?

I never thought I'd say this. Me, of all people. But do you ever think we might need some balance...
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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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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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