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Photo Challenge: It’s Not This Time of Year Without…

  bucking tradition: when seasonal words don't fit when obligation overwhelms desire when some mourn or have none or do not when the...
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The Passion to Punish

First, last, and always, this is the truth about communication with animals: Punishment is the lowest form of expression. A...
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Winterizing the Compassion Fatigue. Again.

Chatting lightly about weather is considered the tiniest of small talk, unless you live outside the urban bubble. We take...
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The Fine Art of Cantankery.

I've had a hard time acting my age. That's not it, exactly. It's more like I'm straddling the Grand Canyon...
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A Trailer of One's Own

A horsewoman told me that, at sixty-three, she was the proud owner of her very first horse trailer. I let...
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Money: If Wishes were Horses…

"How much does a horse cost? Do you have to be rich to own one?" I can tell you how...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pure

Not politics, religion; not money or guns. Answer deep and pure, in our heart, soul; our Earth and Sun. ~~~Read...
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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....
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Women as Predators.

Do you identify as a predator? I was at a horse show a few years back, helping a client. It...
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Talking About the Future with Your Vet.

Are you happy with your veterinarian? It's the question I ask when a client loses a horse or has a...
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