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.
Crossing a Line, One Year Later
When I was twenty-four and just a baby goldsmith, I decided I wanted to show my one-of-a-kind jewelry in a...
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...
Photo Challenge: Opposites.
Stillness bounded by movement, offered without demand. Independent, connected, Cradled as close as skin, but set free. At peace...
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...
Quote-Hoarding as Therapy.
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It was called The Book of Quotes, curated by two guys in my high school. They...Photo Challenge: Partners
Move together in silence, an inaudible song. A wordless place, deep and shadowy and still. They wait for us to...
Admitting You’re Wrong.
Do you remember the first time you wanted to be right? It might predate memory or even language. Being good...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve
The mingling of moist breath, the warm embrace of a curve, the uncomplicated wholeness that we covet. And the guilt...
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...
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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