The Grandfather Horse: When Animals Have Pets…
I have a bone to pick with my Grandfather Horse. He stole my goat. It's hard to complain. Spirit's been...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate
An autumn shrubbery, ornate as a paisley tapestry, is gone on the wind, Rustling ahead of a polar flip toward...
Are You an Advocate for Horses?
Ruby Ranch's Keira, working with my friend, Amelia. Neglected horses are everywhere in the news lately....
Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat
Happy Halloween: May the ghost herd be remembered. Indulge me. It's a throw-back image from years ago, but I'm missing...
When Your Horse Falls In a Hole.
Horses fall into holes all the time. Metaphoric holes; the really tricky kind that jump up and surprise you when...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful
Be careful to listen; careful to draw close on navy blue nights. Let the clouds be a nearness of spirit...
Health Insurance and Horse Dreams
Foot surgery this Friday--it's like preparing for a trip that I don't get to take. All the stress of canceling...
Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra)ordinary
(Extra)ordinary: Maybe it's a choice; just a fuller way of embracing the ordinary. If we keep our eyes fresh and...
On Being an Old Gray Mare With Chronic Lameness
It's a shooting pain. Usually my foot is brick-tight and I can't bend my toes. When I do manage to...
Upcoming Book Talks and Upcoming Books!
I was that kid; in junior high school, I routinely turned in twelve page book reports when two pages were...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place
It's no surprise--my Happy Place is always with the herd. Here's the Grandfather Horse. I'm hoping winter will be kind...
Your Horse is NOT Your Therapist.
There's a cartoon of a roadside stand with a horse inside. The sign says, "Therapy." We all smile because we're...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries
Arthur is very pleased to note that I have placed 'goat nests' in the runs. And if that isn't enough,...
Anthropomorphic Thoughts About Spaying Mares.
He said we don't need to import sport horses; we have great horses right here; we're under-using great mares. More...
Little Engines, Indie Bookstores, and Chug, Chug, Chug…
Confession: I've never read The Little Engine That Could. I'm pretty fluent in the classics, too, just not children's classics....
Permission to NOT Ride.
Last Tuesday I had an 8 a.m. lesson with a boarder and her sweet gelding. He's had a good summer;...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid
A fence is a grid of separation. It's used to keep some of us inside and to keep others of...
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