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The Trailer Isn’t the Problem.

The owner said his horse had trailer issues. He'd watched a video and used a whip and rope, with bad...
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Photo Challenge: Opposites.

  Stillness bounded by movement, offered without demand. Independent, connected, Cradled as close as skin, but set free. At peace...
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A Lesson about Squeamishness and a Donkey.

Look, it's a selfie of me mucking last week. I like to get an early start in the summer. Over...
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Quote-Hoarding as Therapy.

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It was called The Book of Quotes, curated by two guys in my high school. They...
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Photo Challenge: Partners

Move together in silence, an inaudible song. A wordless place, deep and shadowy and still. They wait for us to...
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Admitting You’re Wrong.

Do you remember the first time you wanted to be right? It might predate memory or even language. Being good...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve

The mingling of moist breath, the warm embrace of a curve, the uncomplicated wholeness that we covet. And the guilt...
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Reciprocity: A Softer Ask, a Softer Bend

I overheard some riders complaining like old campaigners. Asking a horse for bend sounded like the Hundred Years' War. They...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pure

Not politics, religion; not money or guns. Answer deep and pure, in our heart, soul; our Earth and Sun. ~~~Read...
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Mansplaining in the Barn

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with a group of women protesting a murder sentence given by a judge in Denver....
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