I Quack at Tweeting.
"THEY" tell authors we need a platform. That we can't get published without one. At the same time I think...
Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle
How to Love Horses Forever.
We were born this way. It should be part of the Apgar test. It would resolve so much if newborns...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day.
Living on the prairie isn't romantic. You always know the very worst things are just around the corner; there's always...
It's About Greeks and Romans. Even Today.
Is there a natural way to ride a horse? Is it possible to ride in such a way that the...
Telling the Truth about Secrets.
..."Anna is so brutally honest about things that are considered sacred in general society." A recent quote posted by a...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy
It can feel creepy riding on the rail sometimes. It could be a feeling of foreboding. Dread almost. Something isn't...
Singleton Dreams: Shedding in the Bedding
These are the dog days of summer--long and extreme. Not the kindest summer, either. My extended horse family has suffered...
Book Talks: Grade School Revisited.
Gideon and Kim Walnes, reading in a more comfortable place. "Oh no, not another long inane...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet.
Edgar Rice Burro is right to be concerned. These lettuce-colored Crocs (beneath my feet) are not safe barn-wear. They say...
Natural Instinct: The Human Half
The more we riders understand about horse instinct, the better. Instinct is the starting place; a behavioral baseline from which...
No Permission. No regrets.
"No Regrets." Such big words. I've been thinking about future regret since I was little. Parents warn us early on...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration.
"Just a horse." A $600. stud colt. Out of Nifty Sally; no pedigree to speak of. Not especially athletic. ...
Helmets, Gravity, and Human Superiority.
August 1st is International Helmet Awareness Day. It's the day Riders4Helmets started, in the wake of US Olympian Courtney King-Dye's...
Yodeling, Yapping, and Ya-hoodling: A Book Trailer.
If you follow my farm blog, you know about the Corgi Men. There's Walter who came from a rescue in...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up.
Close up. Personal. Intimate. Sharing breath is sacred. No matter who does it. Eeow! You're kidding, right? He smells like...
Behavior, Personality, and Anxiety.
Can you tell the difference between personality, who a horse is, and behavior, what a horse does? With people it...
Living with Animals: That "Crazy" Title
Before moving to the farm, I always had dogs and cats, and usually a bird or two, pushing the legal...
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