Going Where You're Invited
Lately I've been haunted by this drumming thought: Now would be a good time to do something smart. It doesn't...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Edge
It's that time of day/ year/ life. Balanced close enough to the edge that gravity goes pastel light and the...
Serenity NOW! (Training Calmness)
She wrote, "I struggle with him to stand still. I suspect he recognizes I am nervous."I'm answering an email question...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Mirror
There's a mirror flashing a signal, a code that lights my pond blue: I'll watch now. You rest. ... Anna...
Halt, Rein-back, Cha-cha-cha.
This is how it feels: It's a trot that's resistance free. He glides with relaxed strides. At first you think...
How I Spent Your Summer Vacation.
Do you ever have that feeling that you're watching a foreign film, only it's broad daylight and your own life?...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Frame
Wear black and drink the gallery wine. Formulate an intellectual opinion. Consider your emotions. Or Show so much tooth your...
The Fine Art of Cantankery.
I've had a hard time acting my age. That's not it, exactly. It's more like I'm straddling the Grand Canyon...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare
Such hopeful ease, confidence in the face of contrary possibility, is rare for man. Anna Blake at Infinity Farm...
Judging Dressage
Dressage isn't perfect, but what part is baby and what part is bath water? Watching the Dressage competition at the...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun
The secret he bleated was repeated with a neigh and a bray: hooray for today! ... *apologies to anyone looking...
A Trailer of One's Own
A horsewoman told me that, at sixty-three, she was the proud owner of her very first horse trailer. I let...
Barn Dance! Almost Soon!
Do you have friends who love playing games? My relatives were big card players--Pinochle, Canasta, Cribbage. I grew up to...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning
The sun rises pale and delicious on the prairie. Take your coffee to the barn; baby pink clouds diffuse...
How to Ride Creatively.
Riding a horse is the simplest thing in the world. Just point 'em and kick. What's so hard about that?...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
He takes a narrow view of rain and a chill wind. He takes a narrow view of sharp voices, quick...
Money: If Wishes were Horses…
"How much does a horse cost? Do you have to be rich to own one?" I can tell you how...
Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top
Maybe it’s just simple math. The cumulative tally of giving versus withholding. Of offering open space for a wisp of an...
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