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.

By Anna Blake | July 15, 2019

I would show you the adolescent Canada geese on the pond. Better behaved than we ever would have been,...

By Anna Blake | April 29, 2019

Humans spend so much time trying to “make” horses do things. I’m a little more fascinated these days with what...

By Anna Blake | January 17, 2019

Reviewing talking points, morning coffee cooling in a contemporary hotel room eight thousand miles from my prairie farm. Dressing for...

By Anna Blake | January 14, 2019

How did these things get so old, when I remember as if just a week has passed? This snapshot of...

By Anna Blake | August 27, 2018

Horse Prayers has landed! So grateful for this wonderful review from Anne, and she shared two of my favorite poems.

By Anna Blake | July 22, 2018

It was almost like the Olympic Ski Jump event. There were cameras rolling and tension in the air. Edgar Rice...

By Anna Blake | July 11, 2018

Say hello to Bruce. He is the spokesmodel for The 2018 Long Ears Tour, an unexpected title bestowed on my...

By Anna Blake | July 9, 2018

At a Writing Workshop A dog stalks the sofa, gazing with one eye and then crossing his nose to...

By Anna Blake | July 3, 2018

Horse Prayers, Poems from the Prairie is available July 5th! The release of Horse Prayers, Poems from the Prairie,...

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