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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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Building the Bubble #2. Just Converse

  One of us flaps our legs while standing still, banging our boots in the stirrups, twisting around in the...
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Building the Bubble #1. Just Notice

Here's last week's Pretending to be a Horse scenario, from the equine point of view, abbreviated for sense-limited humans. His...
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Pretending to Be a Horse

There was a time, while I was in junior high school, that I rode my horse on the road. Lots...
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Reframing Competition as Relationship

We were playing around after a lesson, laughing about the curse of being spokesmodels for my blog photos. She leans forward...
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The Middle Path: Peaceful Persistence

I recently had a spellbinding conversation with a brilliant and beautiful mare. She was very young, not started under saddle,...
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Horses Are Pessimists

Your horse is a young horse or a rescue horse or the heart-horse of your life. A mare or a...
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Travel Blog: Where the Trail Leads…

  I know people who read cookbooks like they're high-drama best sellers. I know people who fantasize wild lives of...
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Repetition Vs. Consistency

There's a moment, sometimes at the beginning of a lesson or during a clinic, where I meet a horse for...
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The Middle Path: Discipline

"I've noticed that you sometimes seem to take reader requests for your blog, and I was wondering if you might...
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