RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.
Travelblog: How I Stole Paris
I woke up introspective on my last full day in Paris. It's the same way I wake up at home....
Travelblog: Paris is Like Visiting an Old Lover
Paris is a city full of statues of horses. They're everywhere, I noticed on my first visit. The statues are...
Travelblog: Late for the Funeral. By Three Years.
Words about friendship and death ahead. There, you're warned. I'm still on vacation, but I'm going to talk about grieving...
Travelblog: Thinking About Aging in Ancient Surroundings
I was in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I had finished ripping around Scotland and arrived at my hotel, where a group...
Travelblog: It’s a Vacation. Not a Work Trip.
My first vacation in a donkey's years started with a van ride to Denver International Airport, with the obligatory drop-off...
Growing Up: Self-Consciousness vs Self-Awareness
My teen years were pretty normal, meaning total angst and torture. There was that summer that I used my babysitting...
Book Launch: Say Hello to ‘Undomesticated Women’ by Anna Blake
It's before dawn on a Friday morning and I'm in an RV park in Amarillo, Texas. I've been mud-wrestling...
Undomesticated Women. Anecdotal Evidence from the Road
30 states, 2 oceans, 14,000 miles, 8 months Welcome to our year of living compactly. My dog, Mister, and I...
Undomesticated Women, Anecdotal Evidence from the Road
Amanda and Stable Relation at the Pan Am Games. I don't know if I told you......
Poetry Out Loud: Horse. Woman.
This blog will get back to some sort of new "normal" soon. What a year, huh? For now, just a...
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