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Bad Timing Explained

Most of us read the training books and do the best we can to apply them in the saddle. We...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Object

The Object is to live your life in such an exceptional way that when you are old and decrepit, the...
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Do You Ride Like Your Mother?

"Oh, Honey. You aren't going to wear that, are you? Could you put some lipstick on, you are so much...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition

We have a pen for wayward ponies. People don't always show ponies the respect they deserve. They often get manhandled....
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Walking the Walk. Literally.

It starts at the mounting block. Really. If you are still proving your testosterone (yes, you heard me) by ground...
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What Do Old Horses Dream?

The Grandfather Horse, napping on his nose. Winter has been early and cold in Colorado, and...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning

In the Beginning, there is an offer of a gift. Say Thank You forever. Anna, Infinity Farm.
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The Best New Year's Resolution.

Horses don't make New Year's resolutions. They live forever in the present moment. Prey animals are smart that way. Humans,...
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Their Christmas Wish: Generous Hands, Both Kinds.

Pinky Swear My mail box is full of sale ads from every tack store on the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create...
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A Message from your Therapist.

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." Winston Churchill...
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Onesie Weather.

Right now, it's -8 degrees. Weather has been in the single digits for days here on the flat, windy, treeless...
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Thank You for the Eggs.

I came in from the barn yesterday with a Thanksgiving hangover. I confess I'm a glutton. I totally over-indulged in...
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Creaky Old Horses, and the Women Who Love Them.

I have a Grandfather Horse. People say he looks good, all things considered. I notice the standard for looking good...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers

Layers of speed, beauty, and heart. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a...
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In the Gloaming…

It's been quite a year so far. We had fires the first half of summer and floods the second half....
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Does Your Horse Answer by Rote?

"Répétez après moi." It's what the high school french teacher said and it's what we did. We repeated words after...
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Horses: Boarding or Homeschooling?

This Halloween was the 14th anniversary of moving here to Infinity Farm. In the beginning I called it the Howlin'...
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