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.
Photo Challenge: The Road Taken.
Dreams are only transparent. On this routine day, let my eyes close in simple praise for ordinary moments of...
Part Two: The Dramatic Demonstrative Type (of Horse)
Last week, I wrote about horses who are The Strong Silent Type. This horse is the opposite. Describing him sounds...
Now What? (and Other News)
Now is the winter of my discontent. Hurry spring. A post from my other blog. Yes, I have another blog....
Now What? (and Other News)
Now is the winter of my discontent. Okay, maybe I'm being Shakespeare-dramatic. Monochromatic seasons can bring that out in me....
Photo Challenge: A Good Match
A contrarian and a curmudgeon; fairy tale non-believers with parallel differences, kindly melding the gaps. Together. Separately. .... Anna Blake at Infinity...
Part One: The Strong Silent Type (Of Horse)
I've said it before: While growing up, I saw She Wore a Yellow Ribbon more often than I saw my...
Photo Challenge: Against the Odds
Roused by a whisper from a lost distance, through cold glass windows in deserted basements, down wet alleys, past dumpsters...
What To Do When Your Horse Is Wrong
It started small. It started the way it usually starts; the rider pulled on her horse's face. It's a fundamental disagreement:...
Photo Challenge: Shadow
I mean to blur the edge, a half-stop between dark and light, of the distance between us. He's walked on from this...
Thin Horses, Body Scoring, and Inconvenience.
Start here: There is no rule that says when a horse's age goes up, his weight needs to come down. Age is no excuse...
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