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The Perfect Purse.

That is what I called my first truck- the perfect purse. It could carry all I needed for work and...
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Who's Spookin' Who?

It was time to take my proud and extremely green Arabian gelding out of the arena for the first time....
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The Barn Rat Release.

First, lets get our terminology straight. A barn rat is a child who might answer an ad with the headline...
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Learning to Ride

“No one can teach riding so well as a horse.” C.S. Lewis While it is true that horses like a...
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Women's Work, and Dads.

Lloyd Blake was a farmer and even now it isn’t an easy life to romanticize. I worked outside with him...
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The Problem with Perfection

  Lots of us riders are perfectionists. It isn’t a bad thing to want to get things right.  We want...
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A Tweet for my Barn.

I want to say this upfront- I do not tweet. I have to draw the line somewhere. I admit I...
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Life is Good, Especially Compared to the Alternative!

The horse show last weekend was the challenge we expected, meaning surprises didn’t surprise us.  One rider with a young...
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"The more I know about people, the better I like my dog." – Mark Twain

“Add to that- horse, donkey, and llama–okay, even the goats.” –Me This was a week of sharp-edged experiences. The world...
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Hard Hats and Hard Heads.

The helmet debate continues for riders, especially of my generation. It flares up when well-known competitors or local friends get...
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