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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Photo Challenge: The Road Taken.

  Dreams are only transparent. On this routine day, let my eyes close in simple praise for ordinary moments of...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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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