Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent
Descent means 'a way down' and it is how we learn to ride. Our information and learning trickles down from...
When Horses Go Through Menopause.
Disclaimer: I'm not a vet. Or a doctor. But someone has to talk about it. How can you tell your...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art.
What a strange idea for the photo challenge. Except for the fact I've been throwing ideas around for a book...
Golden Days and Hindsight Guilt.
These late October days are golden--sweet and rich, and as temporary as a long, crisp leaf. The sun is slow...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction.
Refraction happens when a light bounces from one thing to another like a pinball. Instead of twanging noise, the light...
Horse Rescue: The Psychological Aspect of Physical Abuse.
I boarded the first horse I owned as an adult. It gave me something I hadn't had in the past:...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy
Being Dreamy is the quality of being slightly unstuck somewhere between the harsh light of day and soft pure uncolored...
Pioneer Spirit: A Message from Leafa.
Leafa Numbers was my paternal grandmother. We had a chat this week. She was born in 1888 in a sod...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs
Sign Translation: Storm coming! (Sorry for the blurry -Edgar Rice Burro moves quicker than you think.) Anna Blake, Infinity Farm....
A PSA: Vulnerability is our greatest strength.
Social media is a miracle. I meet new friends and stay connected with old ones. I can keep my finger...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
Nighttime at the barn is when the edges between now and then blur. Sometimes in the gloaming, there is movement...
A Call to Arms. (or how to get on the wrong side of a horseperson.)
You've had this happen. Someone finds out you have a horse and they ask, “Do you know my sister’s friend,...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance
Endurance is the main ingredient in old age. My Grandfather horse has endured infirmity, climate change, and the weight of...
Ground Play, Cavalia style!
My Clara, at liberty and trotting up fast. This week, I attended Cavalia, the Cirque du...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Humanity
The virtue, humanity, is a set of strengths focused on “tending and befriending others.” The three strengths associated with humanity...
A Cowgirl looks (squints) at 60.
88 Years of (combined) excellence. I notice I wear my glasses in the shower more often...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure
Morning chores with Tomboy, the briard. It's more of an adventure for some of us than others but she's...
Breath: The Miracle Cue.
It might be the word I say more often than any other during a lesson. I know it's the cue...
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