Victim of Love: The In-Your-Pocket Horse.
Photo credit: Carol Walker, Living Images -Written by request from another trainer. Nothing I am about...
The Dressage/Massage Warm-up.
What if an arena ride had the effect of a massage for a horse? Wouldn’t the rider feel great too?...
Dressage: It Rhymes with Massage.
Horses have been a key part of our culture ever since they civilized us centuries ago- in everything from transportation...
Love + Fear = Confidence
It starts pretty much the same way for most of us: One day we see a horse. He's beautiful and...
Why I Have No Sense of Humor About Arena Footing.
I have no sense of humor about arena footing. None. Let me start here: I don't consider a plowed up...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue
A different kind of blue eye: not blue- the color, and not blue- the emotion. Silver blue like a dream...
Do you think it’s time to clean the truck?
My hay guy got a new truck- a pristine dually in a pearlized-platinum color, with near Porsche-like lines. That big...
A Retirement Resistant Spirit.
An article of mine was published in a national dressage magazine in 2006. Spirit had been retired two years and...
Spotless- My introduction to Dressage.
Please excuse the photo quality- it's from the 80's. I have no excuse at all for...
Walk Detention
I've been remembering my first experience in Walk Detention. It was the dark ages and I was a training level...
Nope, it’s Me- I’m Too Sensitive (Part Two.)
“You know what your problem is? You're too sensitive.” Ouch. Have you heard this? It feels like being accused of...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Down
Down, with a Trusting Eye. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Absurd Helmet Excuses.
This week there was a photo of Queen Elizabeth riding at age 85. Bless her heart; she has always been...
Let’s Dance.
Love Poem
I fell in love with horses all over again this week. Yes, it was a pretty short fall and yes,...
Riding as an Art. Literally.
I am hooked on the writings of classical trainers. It isn't that I am an elitist; they use an inspiring word that...
Under Saddle: Control and Freedom.
The equestrian world can seem kind of bi-polar. Some of us ride like headless (brainless) horsemen with little consciousness for...
Boss Mare: Women and Honesty.
Lately, I am discovering I like mares more and more. They are so NOT like most of us humans. They...
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