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Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers

Yellow solstice to blue. I’ve lost count of the seasons. Was that the year of the big blizzard? Or was...
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What I Didn't Know Then

It seems that most things I learn about horses, I learn in hindsight. It's not a bad thing. Horses learn...
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Beyond the Fence Line.

I have a neighbor, a couple of properties to the north, who brings his cattle home to calve each spring....
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Valentine's Day and a Goat Tail. I Mean Tale.

Is it too soon to say the word? Sure, there's more snow coming. You'd be nuts to pack away the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Time

 It would be a good thing to make friends with time. In these last years, I think it's the thing...
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On Women, Bravery, and Being Old Gray Mares

Do you have a mentor? Someone you respect who's just a few strides ahead of you, and when they go...
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Health Insurance and Horse Dreams

Foot surgery this Friday--it's like preparing for a trip that I don't get to take. All the stress of canceling...
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On Being an Old Gray Mare With Chronic Lameness

It's a shooting pain. Usually my foot is brick-tight and I can't bend my toes. When I do manage to...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place

It's no surprise--my Happy Place is always with the herd. Here's the Grandfather Horse. I'm hoping winter will be kind...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration.

"Just a horse." A $600. stud colt. Out of Nifty Sally; no pedigree to speak of. Not especially athletic.  ...
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