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.
Judging Dressage
Dressage isn't perfect, but what part is baby and what part is bath water? Watching the Dressage competition at the...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun
The secret he bleated was repeated with a neigh and a bray: hooray for today! ... *apologies to anyone looking...
A Trailer of One's Own
A horsewoman told me that, at sixty-three, she was the proud owner of her very first horse trailer. I let...
Barn Dance! Almost Soon!
Do you have friends who love playing games? My relatives were big card players--Pinochle, Canasta, Cribbage. I grew up to...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning
The sun rises pale and delicious on the prairie. Take your coffee to the barn; baby pink clouds diffuse...
How to Ride Creatively.
Riding a horse is the simplest thing in the world. Just point 'em and kick. What's so hard about that?...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
He takes a narrow view of rain and a chill wind. He takes a narrow view of sharp voices, quick...
Money: If Wishes were Horses…
"How much does a horse cost? Do you have to be rich to own one?" I can tell you how...
Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top
Maybe it’s just simple math. The cumulative tally of giving versus withholding. Of offering open space for a wisp of an...
Rescue: Training the Things We Take for Granted
Lethargy. Sweltering with a non-specific stickiness. Flies. More flies. Dilly-dallying. These are the wilting Dog Days of Summer, named for...
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