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See It Through His Eyes

It's a perfect day. No wind, not hot. The kind of day that you spend most of the months of...
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Photo Challenge & Poem: Twisted

Midnight in Alaska   The wheels of my bag click over the tile floor, scanning signs...
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Bringing Horses Home

We don't ask much from horses. It starts simply. On the day that we are thrilled to get the horse...
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Photo Challenge & Poem: Liquid

  I saw him first, diagonal light giving a soft profile against a black-blue shadow, then he turned and time...
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Heart Horses

  "He's my Heart Horse," she says by way of introduction. A hush falls over the room. Or maybe that's just...
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The Art of De-Escalating

It's an ordinary day. Quiet, no wind. You could be on the trail or in the arena. You might be...
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Building the Bubble #5. Just Honor Them

  Some of us value horses for their physical working ability on ranches, we "use 'em hard." Decent care, no...
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Photo Challenge & Poem: Lines

  Such an arc to his stride, soft rhythm as his hooves cut the arena sand. Sit tall, rider, with...
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Building the Bubble #4. Just Train Less

It's an obstacle course, by golly. And there's a pedestal, by golly. We both see it, but one of us...
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Building the Bubble #3. Just Move

Morning. Once she's turned out, she bolts to a soft spot and rolls, and then this. No, her tail isn't...
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