RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.

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Jolene’s Bathroom Habits

It was a bathroom sort of week here, in that way that the entire universe can fit in a small...
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Writing a Letter About Books and Ordinary Days.

Here on the high desert prairie, the grasses are a flat dry tan, and we won't see green again all...
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Jolene’s Teen Angst and Roller Derby Bravado

Saints preserve us. This weekend, Jolene is having her friend, Tachi, sleep over. I'll believe the sleep part when I...
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We Were a Viking Family Long Before Jolene

The Viking Princess costume's debut 30 years ago. I usually write about living things, but today...
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The American Kennel Club Warns Me About Jolene

You know when you catch a toe and you have a little stumble and try to right yourself. Suddenly, you’re...
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Tug of War: Jolene and I Ponder Our Options.

I have a too-cute collection of plush dog toys Jolene thinks are silly and beneath her. I understand; I didn't...
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Jolene Has Lacey Bloomers

Jolene is changing faster than the fall colors. It isn't just that she's grown lacey bloomers on her backside. Sometimes...
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A Love Letter to a Tree and a Hero

My farm has a cathedral. It started as a tiny chapel, one of five deciduous trees on my prairie farm....
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Not the Job I Want for Jolene

Jolene tilts her head when she listens. Like Nipper, the phonograph-listening RCA dog, she focuses with intense concentration, adjusting her...
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Building Confidence: Scentwork With Jolene, Acknowledgment for Mister

I don't recognize this young dog of mine. She doesn't care, except that I'm such an old fart. Here's the...
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