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Book Review: Reflections on Equestrian Art by Nuno Oliveira

I wrote this review by request--for HorseJunkiesUnited, a site that posts my blog, and the Producer of this audio book...
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Best and Worst: Balance the Serious.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh

Fresh... ...bug season is here. Something to quack about after an icy winter. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge...
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Tips for the Fat Rider. (What?!)

Derriere, it's French for cute. And proud of it. Are you are just too fat to...
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Choice and Power.

There's always an argument to feel like a loser. On any given day, it's easy to make a list of...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall

My muck cart is blue, with perfect balance and foam-filled wheels, and I prefer wooden handles on my muck forks....
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Care-giving and the Art of Mucking.

We have a shade tree next to the barn runs that gives the sweetest summer shade, but reeks havoc on...
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Words to Live By…

I've been remembering someone who changed my life. He has been gone years now; his name was Micheal, my first...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Orange

Not my favorite color. Sometimes the sunsets are so outlandishly loud, so psychedelically overstated, that it almost changes the flavor...
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Riding with Intention.

He knows what you're thinking. Does anyone think they can hide their feelings from their horse?...
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Editing is the Perfect Diet.

Disclaimer: I'm no Hemingway. I don't write drunk. I fall asleep after one glass of wine--on the sofa, with five...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward

Any Questions? Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting...
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An Equine Cure for a Type-A Personality.

First, consider the horse. He is a majestic, elegant animal with a free spirit--intelligent, playful and spontaneous. He is nothing...
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Thinking About the Paths We Take…

Ralph Waldo, this is crazy-making advice. Because breaking a trail might require a machete or snow shoes or a 75...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is a design term used when an object is not centered, but instead has visual tension...
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The Grandfather Horse. Not Dead Yet.

I haven't written about the Grandfather Horse in over a year. Most of that time, I was scared half-to-death and...
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Reading In-Between Writing.

I know, but they're the closest fit to the quote that I have here on the farm. Watch 'em at...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry

Infinity Farm is on the flat, windy, treeless prairie, where there's no top to the sky and the low-billowing earth...
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