A Call to Arms. (or how to get on the wrong side of a horseperson.)
You've had this happen. Someone finds out you have a horse and they ask, “Do you know my sister’s friend,...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance
Endurance is the main ingredient in old age. My Grandfather horse has endured infirmity, climate change, and the weight of...
Ground Play, Cavalia style!
My Clara, at liberty and trotting up fast. This week, I attended Cavalia, the Cirque du...
A Cowgirl looks (squints) at 60.
88 Years of (combined) excellence. I notice I wear my glasses in the shower more often...
Breath: The Miracle Cue.
It might be the word I say more often than any other during a lesson. I know it's the cue...
*Needs Confident Rider*
*Needs a confident rider*. If you see those words while paging though horse ads, what do you think? Used car salesmen...
WordPress Photo Challenge: Fray.
There is a place that is not the earth and not the sky, an in-between place where some of us...
A Recipe for Patience.
I want to start by saying I used to consider patience the exact same thing as procrastination. I had no...
What does the horsie say? Seriously.
Our barn rat, Hannah, didn't meet the horses her first visit to the farm. She was only 3 days old....
WPC: ZigZag
A chestnut zigzag. Well, more of a wave pattern, but we are not very angular here. And this color isn't...
Dressage: Cackling at the Canter.
Beach attire for the serious dressage rider. In the 80's, I marched with the Ladies Against...
Breaking up is hard to do. Is it time?
It was lunch break and the clinician came into the lounge to eat. She was an experienced competitor and focused...
Listen First, Train Later.
Photo by Patrick McMahan The first time I met him, he was two months old standing...
Contact: Holding hands with horses.
What is the world’s speed record for learning to ride on happy contact? 18 years? Maybe 23? It’s a joke...
WPC: Between.
Between our heads and their hearts, between our feet and their flanks, between our hands and their mouth, let there...
Wrestling with Helmet Safety.
I almost got in a bar fight a few months back. It was bad: I got frustrated and when...
WPC: Extra, Extra
It is hard to put into words what the thing is about horses. What the extra different thing this animal...
An Argument Against the Whip.
There is a time-worn adage about whips. Just like bits or spurs, whips are only as cruel or kind as...
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