Does Your Horse “Respect” You?
I'm just the sort of old-fashioned cowgirl/dressage queen/dork that loves the concept of respect. Philosophically and in real life, I...
Photo & Poem: Finding Voice
“Curiosity is a sign of courage,” she said, hushing my correction. Bright praise for my colt chasing her dog...
Calming Signals and Ambivalent Horses.
Humans are impatient worriers. On the high side, it means we care but we want to know everything immediately. Perhaps...
Photo & Poem: Her Return
Lawn chairs got tossed, doors banged and windows rattled. She came back late, maybe even drunk. When I ventured...
Change: A Virtual* Barn Raising!
No, I'm not building a real barn. That would be easy. I'm handy with tools and I've been known to...
Barn Raising this Friday!
We're making some upgrades, remodeling the website, and adding on a new "Barn". We'll go dark for a few days...
Forward: Give Him His Head
Give him his head. You know what it means in the horse racing world and what it means in the...
Photo & Poem: Corgi Moon
The prairie rings with strange voices, this Wolf Moon is owned by coyotes, less visible by day in dry winter...
Ta-Da! Meet Me at the R&F Barn.
Ta-Da! Join Me at the Barn. Who knew I would love giving clinics this much? In the past, I’ve always...
Forward: Relaxed or Lazy?
Forward, having a ground-covering fluid gait, is the foundation of balance and comfort for a horse, mentally and physically. Horses...
Travelblog: Addressing the Vegetarian Haggis
And again, sorry if this is a repeat, but it was time for the blog to come home to roost......
Travelblog Photo &Poem: Dog Hair
Reviewing talking points, morning coffee cooling in a contemporary hotel room eight thousand miles from my prairie farm. Dressing for...
Photo & Poem: Snapshot
How did these things get so old, when I remember as if just a week has passed? This snapshot of...
Training Issue or Pain?
"My horse won't go forward," she says. Are you sure he isn't in pain? "No, he's fine. No signs of lameness." Not going...
Forward: Training Issue or Pain?
"My horse won't go forward," she says. Are you sure he isn't in pain? "No, he's fine. No signs of lameness." Not going...
Photo & Poem: Night Air
Told to fear the dark, my tiny legs bolted the breathless distance from the milking barn across to the house,...
Writing and Riding
Happy New Year. It's my ninth year of writing this blog about riding. Thank you for reading along, and I...
Photo & Poem: After Snow
This night snow floats down, each flake so light that it doesn’t land so much as hover precariously over fence...
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