Photo Challenge: Look Up.
Look up to him? We all do. Horses would benefit if we loved them less and respected them more. ___Read...
The Trailer Isn’t the Problem.
The owner said his horse had trailer issues. He'd watched a video and used a whip and rope, with bad...
Photo Challenge: Partners
Move together in silence, an inaudible song. A wordless place, deep and shadowy and still. They wait for us to...
Admitting You’re Wrong.
Do you remember the first time you wanted to be right? It might predate memory or even language. Being good...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve
The mingling of moist breath, the warm embrace of a curve, the uncomplicated wholeness that we covet. And the guilt...
Reciprocity: A Softer Ask, a Softer Bend
I overheard some riders complaining like old campaigners. Asking a horse for bend sounded like the Hundred Years' War. They...
Mansplaining in the Barn
Thirty-five years ago, I stood with a group of women protesting a murder sentence given by a judge in Denver....
Women as Predators.
Do you identify as a predator? I was at a horse show a few years back, helping a client. It...
How to Defuse a Horse Bomb
Maybe you're mentally arranging your to-do list, or rehashing an imaginary rant about something that happened at work, or just...
Do You Inspire Your Horse?
Do you inspire your horse? Does he volunteer more than you ask? Are you proud of who you are in...
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