Listening with Your Seat.
How's your derrière? Is posterior a more delicate word than rump? Our culture has a lot of fanny chatter: too...
Dressage Factions and the Real Reason to Compete.
I'm a traditionalist when it comes to the art of dressage. I love the structure, the fundamentals, the words of...
Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle
How to Love Horses Forever.
We were born this way. It should be part of the Apgar test. It would resolve so much if newborns...
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...
It's About Greeks and Romans. Even Today.
Is there a natural way to ride a horse? Is it possible to ride in such a way that the...
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...
Natural Instinct: The Human Half
The more we riders understand about horse instinct, the better. Instinct is the starting place; a behavioral baseline from which...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration.
"Just a horse." A $600. stud colt. Out of Nifty Sally; no pedigree to speak of. Not especially athletic. ...
Helmets, Gravity, and Human Superiority.
August 1st is International Helmet Awareness Day. It's the day Riders4Helmets started, in the wake of US Olympian Courtney King-Dye's...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Half and Half
Polarities Bold and timid. Turbulent and still. Deliberate and spontaneous. Stoic and emotional. Powerful and frail. Physical and spiritual. Eternal...
Consistency: Doing Math in the Saddle.
Consistency is a great aid but do you know how it actually works? There's an analogy I heard decades ago...
Weekly Photo Challenge- Symbol
You know the best symbol for a horse, don't you? The one that says all is well; healthy horses are...
Wake-up Call from Mother Nature. For the Millionth Time.
I haven't missed a blog posting in over five and a half years, and I won't now, but this one...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Door
I have pounded on some mighty doors and been locked out of others. I've even kicked a few in. I...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse
Sometimes I see a father playing with his child, tossing her in the air and catching her, holding her tight...
Buying the Right to Make a Correction.
She's Tomboy. I don't write about her often enough; she's a little more serious than my corgi men. She's a...
Calming Signals and Equine Gastric Ulcers.
These are two of my favorite topics and I write about them often, but this post is about how calming...
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